300E that cut out when going into gear

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Joseph - 12 Feb 2006 13:26 GMT

I was looking to buy a 1988 300E yesterday and the seller showed me a
car that appears to have a slight issues. He can start it up the first
time and the engine runs and everything, then we tried to take it for a
drive. He shift it into gear D and the engine cuts out. After that he
can't even start the car. It would crank and crank but won't start up.

Is this a known problem? Is it expensive to fix. Of course he is
selling it as is. The cars body looks good and has only 150000 miles.

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Richard Sexton - 12 Feb 2006 14:04 GMT

>I was looking to buy a 1988 300E yesterday and the seller showed me a
>car that appears to have a slight issues. He can start it up the first
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>Is this a known problem?

Well it's not UNknown. Impossible to say what it is though.

A good start would be to see what it's not getting, spark, fuel or air.

I'll bet $1 on spark and $0.25 on crank sensor.

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