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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 12:21 AM
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Question whats wrong?

hey everyone.
im new to this stuff so help would be appreciated.
i just bought a 87 300e
runs good but after 15 minutes it shuts off and needs to cool down before starting again.
orig owner is dying of kidney and lung caner so i got it from him.
planning on changing valve cover gasket and getting a filter kit and changing all fluids.
called around and i got different answers reguarding my topic.
some say its the water pump and others say its the fuel filter.
fuel pump is in excellent cond too
when i noticed the other overflow resivore or whatever it is called was broken off but still connected(could pull off and put back on) to radiator so when i would run the car it would leak antifreeze so if you squeezed the radiator hose it would spritz antifreeze though that hole.
could that be a problem too.
like i said, im new to mercedes and gotta have euro car people teach me some pointers

thanks, eric
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 12:46 AM
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welcome to the forum.
sounds like a fuel related problem to me.
oh and be careful how you ask questions.
you might get a thread made just for you.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 12:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Federic0W124
welcome to the forum.
sounds like a fuel related problem to me.
oh and be careful how you ask questions.
you might get a thread made just for you.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Federic0W124
welcome to the forum.
sounds like a fuel related problem to me.
oh and be careful how you ask questions.
you might get a thread made just for you.
it's so true.
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