[R129 SL] Sudden Engine miss on my 1996 SL500 - M119 engine
George Simpson
george.simpson.r129 at tiscali.fr
Mon Apr 16 14:38:21 EDT 2007
True .... vive la difference!!!
George
Cognac
prehistoric 500SL
Jonathan Hodgman wrote:
> FYI, there is no rotor/cap on his 96..it's distributor-less.
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> On 4/16/07, *George Simpson* < george.simpson.r129 at tiscali.fr
> <mailto:george.simpson.r129 at tiscali.fr>> wrote:
>
> George, I had a similar problem just after I got my 500SL. It
> seemed to happen just after I had filled up with petrol/gasoline
> but in the end, that was a red herring and M-B diagnosed a burnt
> rotor arm and distributor cap. Replacing these cured my problem at
> a cost of Euros 87 = about $120.
>
> George
>
> George Jenner wrote:
>> Help! I was driving along with everything normal when suddenly
>> the engine began acting weird. It began to act as if it wanted
>> to stall upon acceleration and sounded like a cylinder might have
>> dropped from the firing order. I filled it up right away with
>> good high test gas just to be sure it was not bad gasoline
>> causing the problem. The car has about 81K miles and I have not
>> had anything done to the engine since I got the car about 3 years
>> ago. I removed the air cleaner and associated parts and removed
>> the covers over the coils thinking I could get familiar with the
>> ignition parts layout but to my surprise I found eight ignition
>> coils where the spark plugs should be.
>>
>> Does this engine not have spark plugs? Ignition wires? Anything
>> resembling the engine setup I am used to seeing?
>>
>> Has anyone an Idea of what might be ailing this motor? I am
>> reasonably confident this is an ignition problem but have no clue
>> about how to proceed with an initial diagnostic to try to find
>> out what part may be causing my troubles.
>>
>> I hate not knowing - George Jenner
>>
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