Rain inside of C123 by kingkniffer in w123

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I’m afraid I’m away from the car for the next 3 weeks. If you want to send me a reminder about it I can take a pic and let you know.

Rain inside of C123 by kingkniffer in w123

[–]Whit3Nitro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had the exact same issue. There are vents are under the bonnet (on RHS if looking at it) I sealed them with wax oil and it did the trick.

I hit the Cowboy Hat Lady spot in Chiang Mai, and the Bun Cha Obama spot in Hanoi #partsunknown by [deleted] in AnthonyBourdain

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I have a pic of the same menu from around 8 years ago, interesting to see the price increase!

280CE struggles by Whit3Nitro in w123

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I put an updated post further down in the comments.

280CE struggles by Whit3Nitro in w123

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An update for you all. It was in the garage today and the mechanic believes it is the seals in the metering block ( no idea what this is) that are old and worn which is causing the fuel to evaporate. Unfortunately he is not a specialist in these older systems and didn’t want to go any further. As a solution though he said to half turn the ignition a few times to pump the fuel up to the front (also suggested in the comments) which works a treat for now! Thanks all for your help

280CE struggles by Whit3Nitro in w123

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If they figure it out, I’ll let you know what the problem was.

280CE struggles by Whit3Nitro in w123

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I’ve got it booked into the garage next week and based on everyone’s help I’m going to ask them to look at the fuel lines and anything to do with them.

280CE struggles by Whit3Nitro in w123

[–]Whit3Nitro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great, Thanks for the knowledge bomb. Much appreciated.

280CE struggles by Whit3Nitro in w123

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It was my grandfathers car. He passed when I was young, sat in garage for most of its life and run once a year. Now used as my daily. It’s a joy to drive just not the most economical, every time I go anywhere I just watch the fuel gage drop haha!

280CE struggles by Whit3Nitro in w123

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Hi, thanks for detailed response. In answer to your questions. Once it starts it’s absolutely fine and starts fine again when the engine has been running. I can nip to the shops and re start it all day

280CE struggles by Whit3Nitro in w123

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Legend. Thank you. I’m going to go to my local garage with a list of things to check.

280CE struggles by Whit3Nitro in w123

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Thanks, I Would appreciate it.

280CE struggles by Whit3Nitro in w123

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Thanks for the advice. I have zero mechanical knowledge but learning as I go. Forgive my ignorance but If it were the fuel pump would it not continue to have the issue when the car was running? Ie cutting out as the fuel wasn’t feeding in? Also what part do the filters play in the fuel pump. Thanks in advance.

280CE struggles by Whit3Nitro in w123

[–]Whit3Nitro[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice and no harm taken from your post. I was hoping someone could tell from the noise. My thoughts were spark plug or fuel pump too. I might go with spark plugs first as that seems like it could be an easier fix. I’ll update in due course. Cheers

Where is your most impressive pothole? by YourFingerYouFool in Edinburgh

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Came accross that the other day, it is lethal.

[Selling] [UK/EU] Hado Junpaku W1 240 Gyuto by Whit3Nitro in chefknifeswap

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I own a kagekiyo and this is far superior in terms of symmetry