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Starting the car...
I didn't know you didn't have to hold the key down in the start position until the engine starts. After reading the manual, I flicked the key to the start position and simply let go and it cranks by itself until the engine fires!!! Cool!! All this time, i've been doing it the conventional way. You guys?
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My 98 E320 does this as well. The dealer showed me this when we did the walk through after I bought it. I know it is nothing major, but it is just one of those small features that I love about my car.
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I think this features is officially called "Touch Start" - and is no doubt some distant ancestor to "keyless go". Unfortunately on my 1999 E300 TurboD, I still need to wait for the glowplugs....but the touch start feature works after the light goes out.
Some of the earlier 80s MB Diesels had specific instructions to encourage you to "hold the key against the starter position until the engine fires smoothly and evenly" which sometimes meant running the starter for maybe 15 seconds or so in the dead of winter.
Still never replaced the starter in father's 1982 300SD.
Some of the earlier 80s MB Diesels had specific instructions to encourage you to "hold the key against the starter position until the engine fires smoothly and evenly" which sometimes meant running the starter for maybe 15 seconds or so in the dead of winter.
Still never replaced the starter in father's 1982 300SD.
Last edited by apl175; Aug 24, 2004 at 09:57 PM.
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Originally Posted by apl175
I think this features is officially called "Touch Start" - and is no doubt some distant ancestor to "keyless go". Unfortunately on my 1999 E300 TurboD, I still need to wait for the glowplugs....but the touch start feature works after the light goes out.
Some of the earlier 80s MB Diesels had specific instructions to encourage you to "hold the key against the starter position until the engine fires smoothly and evenly" which sometimes meant running the starter for maybe 15 seconds or so in the dead of winter.
Still never replaced the starter in father's 1982 300SD.
Some of the earlier 80s MB Diesels had specific instructions to encourage you to "hold the key against the starter position until the engine fires smoothly and evenly" which sometimes meant running the starter for maybe 15 seconds or so in the dead of winter.
Still never replaced the starter in father's 1982 300SD.
It also says to "hold the key against the starter position until the engine fires smoothly" on MB gas engines (from what i've read in a W116 450SEL manual.)
