1998 Mercedes Benz ML320 Engine stumbles above 1500 RPMs

1998 MERCEDES BENZ ML320
212,000 MILES • 6 CYL • AWD • AUTOMATIC
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IDIAMIN
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Hello
My car starts and idles fine. It'll run fine until about 1500 rpms then starts to stumble and eventually cut off unless i let it get below 1500rpms. This just started after stopping for a morning cup of coffee. All my car buddies says fuel filter or pump. Any test I can run that will validate this? Also is it difficult to replacing fuel filter and pump? My abilities run upto basic brake jobs.
thanks
mike
Aug 11, 2009 at 7:45 PM
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CAR WIZARD
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sounds like a fuel pump,i filter wont act that way.ive done a few of them and there not that bad to do.youll need a pressure gauge to verifey but i bet its the pump.if you remove the back seat there is an acsess hole that needs to be heated up with a hair dryer to get the cover off.from there its pretty basic.youll need a large channel locks to turn off top on sender unit.good luck
Aug 11, 2009 at 8:13 PM