Tagged: KE Jetronic

560SEL EHA replacement 2

560SEL EHA replacement

Today’s job was EHA replacement (Electro-Hydraulic Actuator) on my 1987 560SEL.   The EHA is part of the KE Jetronic fuel injection system and makes minute adjustments to the air/fuel mixture.   One of the sources for these adjustment is the oxygen sensor, if present.   The EHA can leak either because the o-rings between the EHA and the fuel distributor have gone hard, or because of...

KE Jetronic EHA Adjustment 2

KE Jetronic EHA Adjustment

I discovered at the MBCNSW Dyno day that my 560SEC was running dangerously lean.   Lean enough to cause damage to the engine.  While I was in the USA for work, I went to the Mid Florida Auto show.  I met Pierre Hedary there (who runs an independent Mercedes workshop), who suggested that I should start by testing my fuel pressures and that he had...

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