HArd start on ML350 bluetec
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HArd start on ML350 bluetec
Hi. I am the sad / proud owner of an ML350 bluetec. I have
done a tone of work to this car in the past, (including 30+ hours
to replace the oil cooler seals) so I am not a total novice.. but
this one is driving me crazy.
The car has started to get very hard to start in the morning.
it takes 2 or 3 tries where the engine cranks for 10+ seconds
and will not start, then eventually dose. When it is running, it
runs as normal. Once warm the hard start issue is almost gone,
but not totally -- to me this rules out glow plugs. I have no fuel
leaks, and I have maintained it with filters (oil and fuel etc) very well.
The crank speed is "normal" and the battery is about 4 years
old. The car says in a garage that does not go below 50F.
I have the ICARSOFT scan tool (marginal, but way better
than nothing). It pulls codes, but I cannot translate them into
anything meaningful.
here is the code list:
111b00
130f00
16f600
16f700
P20BD
P20E8
P20BD
None of these code are in the Icarsoft data base, so if anyone
could help translate them from hex to "real life" I wold really
appreciate it.
Thanks!!
---Lou
done a tone of work to this car in the past, (including 30+ hours
to replace the oil cooler seals) so I am not a total novice.. but
this one is driving me crazy.
The car has started to get very hard to start in the morning.
it takes 2 or 3 tries where the engine cranks for 10+ seconds
and will not start, then eventually dose. When it is running, it
runs as normal. Once warm the hard start issue is almost gone,
but not totally -- to me this rules out glow plugs. I have no fuel
leaks, and I have maintained it with filters (oil and fuel etc) very well.
The crank speed is "normal" and the battery is about 4 years
old. The car says in a garage that does not go below 50F.
I have the ICARSOFT scan tool (marginal, but way better
than nothing). It pulls codes, but I cannot translate them into
anything meaningful.
here is the code list:
111b00
130f00
16f600
16f700
P20BD
P20E8
P20BD
None of these code are in the Icarsoft data base, so if anyone
could help translate them from hex to "real life" I wold really
appreciate it.
Thanks!!
---Lou
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