380sel 82 160k miles

#1 may car shift fast and won't kickdown #2 hard start problem (if i start the car and shut off and try again immediately it will start no problem but if i wait it is one) #3 the car run rough it is idle up and down #4 low oil pressure when idle it go up when i give it gas

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ronen426
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Look for vacuum leaks first. Then everything else :~)

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Martin Joseph

Hard starting when hot is probably caused by a leak from the high pressure side of the fuel system to the low. When pressure is lost in a hot engine, fuel vaporizes and you have to crank enough to get all the vapor out before you get to liquid fuel.

Places to look: fuel pump check valve, accumulator, warm-up compensator, fuel distributor presssure regulator, cold start injector, fuel injector, and a couple of other places in the system. There are rubber seals and diaphrams in most of these that get old and leak. The MB manual has a diagonstic routine for finding the problem, some requiring a fuel pressure guage. Of course, you have checked ignition and idle mix.

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has a fuel pressure guage # TA 33865for $80.41 that fits Mercedes. (Seems high but has a variety ofadaptors for metric and other vehicles - was $69.72 a year and a halfago.)

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Grinder

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