[R129 SL] problems automatic gear.

[Eva Esquivel]

HI Jan,

 

It sounds like a problem I had a year ago, same symptoms.  I had to tow my
car to the garage.  The car would not accelerate and had a hard start. The
mechanic tried cleaning the injectors first but that did not work. He
charged me $$200.00 USD for the labor of cleaning the injectors.  The
symptoms re-appeared a couple of days later.  This time he decided to
replace the distributor rotors and the distributor cap.  He also found a
damaged pin for distributor.  He managed to fix the pin but not replace it
because it's labor intensive. I paid $380.00 USD for the parts and $0 for
labor.  

 

Later I found the parts on the internet for less the half the price.  The
baby has been working excellent since the replacement of the parts.  He also
replaced the ignition switch.  I paid $81.00 for the part and no labor cost.

 

Hope this helps

 

Eva  

 

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From: r129list-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:r129list-bounces at mbcoupes.com]
On Behalf Of Jan Kuylaars
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 11:58 AM
To: 'SL Mailing List'
Subject: [R129 SL] problems automatic gear.

 

Hello folks.

 

Today the sun was shining and having my car left alone for more then three
weeks I decided to make a drive.

Halfway my ASR lamp comes on and my gas pedal want react as it should.

I stopped because I had the gas problem some weeks ago; the cable came out
the handle.

 

But today that was not happening. 

My engine makes a strange noise like bearings were dry.

I  checked the oil and there was enough, the oil from the automatic gear was
lower than normal , but I could not see exact.

 

I drove to a gas station, filled the engine with 1 liter oil for sure,
checked and it was just under the top limit.

 

Then I drove at home, hearing the noise up en down depending on the  engine
speed.

Whit 60km/hour the noise was low.

The engine temperature was high; around the 100 degrees Celsius.

I wait 30 minutes before I drove farther. The temperature was lowered to 80
degrees Celsius.

I saw some smoke coming out under the car  and again I wait for 30 minutes
to cool down.

Then I had to drive 5 km and at the last I put out the motor and set the
gear in neutral.

The last 100 meters I drove the car normal and find that the gear was
shifting raw.

 

Leaving the car on the lane to my home to cool down, I discovered that the
oil from the gearbox only was on the top of the dipstick.

After two ours I could see that there was gearbox oil dripped on the lane.

I drove my car into the garage and the engine? gearbox makes a raw noise.

 

So with to low oil maybe normal.

Now I will fill up tomorrow the gearbox with oil and hope that the noise is
gone. 

Off course I must repair the leakage.

 

 I was confused ;should a leave the car on the road or drive at home.
Because we can not tow the car , I decided to drive home in steps.

Totally it was 10 miles.

 

Has someone experience with this? Is my gearbox gone to heaven and must I
replace the complete box?

Or is there a change it will survive?

 

 

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