# 1998 Mercedes-Benz E-Class dies

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-mercedes-benz-e-class-dies/118889>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mercedes-benz, e-class\
**Created:** [June 8, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-mercedes-benz-e-class-dies/118889 "2018-06-08T22:37:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![JeffreyKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@JeffreyKing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JeffreyKing)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-mercedes-benz-e-class-dies/118889/1 "2018-06-08T22:37:02Z")

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My 1998 e-320 starts and runs for 2-3 minutes the 1st time when it’s cold,then just dies! When I re- start it it only runs about 2 seconds then dies like it is running out of fuel. I have already replaced the fuel pump $197.00, fuel filter $58.00, Fuel pump relay $22.00. Do you think it may need a ECU? Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-mercedes-benz-e-class-dies/118889/2 "2018-06-09T02:01:47Z")

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> [@JeffreyKing](#):
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> Any suggestions?

Pay for a proper diagnosis and ask for an estimate to repair

I sure hope those parts weren’t replaced based on somebody’s guess, versus an actual diagnosis

There are a lot of things which could cause the situation you’re describing

A proper diagnosis will rule out many of these things, and hopefully arrive at a smoking gun, so to speak