SL/R129: Hard starting when engine is cooling down
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Joined: Mar 2002
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From: Orlando, FL
500SL
Hard starting when engine is cooling down
Hello,
Have anybody experience a problem when the engine is hard to start once it starts to cool down? It only happens when you drive the car a while and then let it rest for about 1 - 3 hours. If you shut the engine off and try to start within 10 minutes it starts right away on the first crank, but if you let it cool down you have to crank it at least twice, as if there were no gas getting to the engine.
thanks
BP
Have anybody experience a problem when the engine is hard to start once it starts to cool down? It only happens when you drive the car a while and then let it rest for about 1 - 3 hours. If you shut the engine off and try to start within 10 minutes it starts right away on the first crank, but if you let it cool down you have to crank it at least twice, as if there were no gas getting to the engine.
thanks
BP
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Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 111
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From: San Jose, CA.
SL 500 AMG
No, I never came along to that problem at all, and I've had my car sit, couple times 3-5 weeks also, and the first crank it started up, which for sure had thought the battery would've discharge in that lenght of time. yeah even in a short periods, never encountered that...
