I've posted about my problem before, and I still have the same issues about starting, but now I have established a pattern. My car starts fine in the morning, but almost like clockwork, when I go to start it after work, or at lunch, it cranks but no start. May take about 10 tries, then it just seems like it catches and starts up. After that, if I start and stop it, no problem. Starts the next morning, and the process begins again. My shop I go to had a known working fuel pressure regulator that he replace for me, and no difference. I have replaced almost everything that I can think of except the fuel pump itself. I hear it engage when I first turn the key in the morning. One thing I do notice is that when I am cranking the car, if at first I step on the pedal and keep it depressed, it helps out and the car starts.
96 E320 Starting Problem
Jun 20, 2008
2 Replies
Sounds like you got fuel injector leak. Pull spark plugs and see which one is really fouled out.
when I am cranking the car, if at first I step on the pedal and keep it depressed, it helps out and the car starts.
The motor is "flooded" - too much fuel. Leaking fuel injector(s). The reason it starts easily when it's cold is that it needs that extra fuel then but not when it's hot. I owned the same engine and had the same problem - but mine started hot - after a bit of cranking. But the exhaust then stank of unburned fuel. #6 injector was leaking.
When the motor is cold - overnight cold someone needs to remove the spark plugs - one or more will be physically wet with fuel - that's the cylinder whose fuel injector is leaking.
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