E320 CDI owners
08-16-2004, 05:09 PM
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E320 CDI owners
Viesel/DavidNJ, any of you experienecing minor shuttering when you turn off the ignition? Don't know if this a common phenomenon as I've never owned a diesel prior to this.
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08-16-2004, 06:13 PM
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'05 E320 CDI;'04 S2k;'94 Supra TT;'10 QX56;'38 Buick;98 Port City Offset Late Model
We pick up the car on 3 Sept. I don't recall anything unusual on turn off during the test drives.
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No ignition. Turn off engine.
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No ignition. Turn off engine.
08-16-2004, 07:50 PM
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05 E320 CDI
Originally Posted by saffrontiger
any of you experienecing minor shuttering when you turn off the ignition?
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08-17-2004, 01:44 AM
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Originally Posted by rbordel
On my CDI, there is a definate "jerk" as the engine is turned off. I consider it normal. I'm guessing that when the engine is turned off, the crankshaft and other rotating parts of the engine spin down relatively quickly, compared to a gas engine, because of the higher compression of the engine and the fact that the air intake is not throttled. The energy that was stored in the rotating parts of the engine has to go somewhere, so it gets transmitted through the engine mounts as a sizable twisting "pulse" to the car's body.
Yeah, same here. Most noticeable when the engine is cold.
08-17-2004, 04:22 AM
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06 320E CDI, Porsche 911 C2, Pontiac Montana
I don't turn off the ignition, I just throw the wife out and let her act as an anchor........ 
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I am not experiencing any of that (May delivery, 2700 km).
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I am not experiencing any of that (May delivery, 2700 km).
08-19-2004, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by rbordel
On my CDI, there is a definate "jerk" as the engine is turned off. I consider it normal. I'm guessing that when the engine is turned off, the crankshaft and other rotating parts of the engine spin down relatively quickly, compared to a gas engine, because of the higher compression of the engine and the fact that the air intake is not throttled. The energy that was stored in the rotating parts of the engine has to go somewhere, so it gets transmitted through the engine mounts as a sizable twisting "pulse" to the car's body.
