[R129 SL] Sudden Engine miss on my 1996 SL500 - M119 engine

[Jonathan Hodgman]

No worries, glad to help out!

I'll be curious to hear what they find.

Best of luck!

As an aside, I'm partial to the 119's w/ cap and rotor...make for easier
swaps into pre 129 cars;-)

Jonathan


On 4/16/07, George Simpson <george.simpson.r129 at tiscali.fr> wrote:

>

>  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> 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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Offering Enthusiast Service, Restoration and Modification.
Providing quality parts to discriminating customers in all parts of the
world.
Located in the Greater Atlanta area.
http://www.blueridgemb.com
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1996 S600 Euro "Scharnhorst"
1991 560 SEC Full Euro ECE
1991 560 SEC 226Hp/271ft/lbs:)
1989 560 SEC AMG (N.Amer 250/295)
1987 560 SEC US Spec
1986 560 SEL AMG 6.0L 32V
1986 560 SL  White on Burgundy
1985 500 SEL Euro (Parts Car)
1985 300 CD For Sale
1980 280 SE Euro
1978 300D TMU
1987 560 SEL 162K Midnight Blue on Gray RIP:(
1987 560 SEC Sold
1992 E300D 140K Champagne on Parchment tex (Sold)
1990 560 SEC 154K Anthracite on Gray (Sold)
1988 300 TE 160K Burgundy on Palomino (Sold)
1980 280 SE US 185K (Sold)
2006 Z4 3.0Si M spec 6sp
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