misfiring

Hi everyone. I am new here. I have an Australian spec W202 C200 (1998). The car run was running smooth until yesterday when at a traffic signal the engine started to shudder suddenly and lost a tremendous amount of power. :wallbash: It was driveable but there is a considerable amount of what...

spark plugs have changed, is it possible that ignition coil packet is broken? or is there only bad connection between sparkplug and coil? Car is MB CL600 year 2001

Mobilo guy came out and this was the code found by the star machine. The mb technician said that the fault was caused by oil dropping onto a sensor when my dad topped it up as he had spilled a bit. He cleaned it and cleared the light does this seem plauside? Also he said to me the m271 engine is...

I know it's not a Mercedes but it is German and this is the only forum i'm a member of :D :D :D The Mark 5 VW Golf GT TDi 140 that I bought as a stop-gap until we get our *ahem* Discovery 3 is playing up. The problem is that it will randomly not select 1st gear :confused:. The local indy who I...

Hi all, I just wanted some advice on the following. What is likely root cause? Background After crawling along in slow moving traffic for about an hour I had opportunity to move fast. Right foot went down, engine spluttered and check engine light came on! Managed to limp the rest of 2 mile...

Hi all, I had a warning light appear on Sunday. Took it MB Hove this morning, who ran a computerised diagnosis to find and clear the fault. Small 'f' type fault. P201B-004 'Misfiring of cylinder 4' Status 'Stored'. I had new plugs fitted two weeks ago during an A service. The MB tech...

Hi guys (again) As some of you might be aware I had a problem with my car last week where by it wouldn't start and this was due to a pipe had dislodged from underneath the injection unit - however I have now a problem whereby the car is running really lumpy. The car is a 1991 W124 230ce...

Morning!! My 2000 E280 V6 has been sat on the drive for a while now as it's been sorn, came to start it last night and the battery was dead, annoying as the MOT friend was coming to collect it this morning lol!! Anyways, MOT guy (a friend) came this morning, armed with his jump leads and a...

Guys, I need help, big style My old 1996 E36 has died a death and I replaced it with a 1999 E240 2.4 V6 Auto saloon, bought privately. 94K on the clock, full service history, but not all MB. Last service done by an unknown independent garage at 92K Saw the car, drove it extensively around...

My 1988 300Ce is misfiring on acceleration and has a very erratic tickover, needing a gear change into neutral and left foot on the brake, swiftly followed by the right foot on the accelerator increasing the revs to 12/1400, to prevent stalling. The initial diagnoses from my garage was that I...

Hi, I had my car engine jet washed yesterday by a carwash garage. They took the plastic top off the engine but the injectors were covered with the foam padding thing. The car ran fine when I drove it home, but this morning it ran really strange, it sounded like one piston wasnt firing. It...

hi wonder if anyone could offer any advice as my has started to misfire when accelerating, feels like if its being being starved of fuel so my feeling is that it could be the fuel pump is faulty? the car(190e 1.8) has done 120k, HT leads are new and so is the distributor cap so I'm kinda...

On my way to work this morning. Stopped the car at a traffic night and noticed that the engine ws shaking quite badly. Drove for another half a mile into the carpark. Stopped the engine and restarted it after a minute or so. Everything seemed fine. Anything serious here?:eek:

hi all,i desperatly need help my 1996 c200 is misfiring and it is realy getting me down:mad: can anyone help with diagnosis please:confused: