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Cold start Hi I have a 1989 mercedes benz 260E (with Auto Trans). It has recently had a top end O/H including Valve guides. Compression is very good on all 6 cyls. I am needing to start the engine 2 or three times before it will keep running from a cold start (ambent temprature 60-70F) the engine after start idles rough for a minute or two & then perfectly after that. After warm-up,engine pulls very strong to 6200 RPM.and idles at 900 RPM. very smoothly. I have removed all computers,relays, and fuzes, and cleaned all contact terminals on same, & on all intake manifold sensors with no improvement in cold start, all vacume hoses from intake manifold to fuel injection unit seem to be OK and I cant hear any audable vacume leaks. Also can I use ether to test for vacume leaks, or will that hurt fuel injection system? One more thing, is there a starting point for the lean-rich idle mixture adjusting, allen-screw atop the injection distributor? I have tried & can not find a workshop manual for this engine model. Thanks in advance for your help.------Cptn. Zooom

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Duty cycle needs adjusted, screw in middle of air cleaner assembly leads to it.

Also the fuel distributor may not be allowing fuel in at cold start like it should but until duty is set i wouldnt mess with it.

To set duty cycle its kind of drawn out to put here.

I suggest hopp on over to benzworld.org as they have some great guides and how to's.

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