500 SL AMG engine problems

[elizabeth]

Hiya Guys,

Im so hoping there is a guru out there who can help me out with my 1994 500 Sl, she is my pride and joy, anyhow i barn store her and me being a female, i didnt bother with her for 4 years she was kept dry and wrapped in cotton wool, anyhow i went to go and get her out the barn not so long back and she started backfired and died, she still starts, idles for a few minutes, wont rev up and then makes a huge slurp noise and dies, <sobs> i have had the filters changed, the old petrol drained and flushed, same problem anyone out there have any ideas ??
I dont have a bottomless pit of money to spend, she is not stuck down at a freinds garage, oh n before u ask nope she refuses to talk to the computer thing u plug in ty

lizzie

 

[bolide]

I'd get the car recovered to a Mercedes specialist and ask them to diagnose it. Shouldn't take more than a few hours to diagnose & hopefully fix

Nick Froome

 

[DSB SL AMG]

Hi Liz,

Welcome to the forum...due to storage time it could be a multiple of things causing your issue...where are you located? theirs quite a few MB Indys on the forum, if close maybe a member could recommended.

I'd get the car recovered to a Mercedes specialist and ask them to diagnose it. Shouldn't take more than a few hours to diagnose & hopefully fix

Nick Froome

 

[elizabeth]

Hi Liz,

Welcome to the forum...due to storage time it could be a multiple of things causing your issue...where are you located? theirs quite a few MB Indys on the forum, if close maybe a member could recommended.

hi guys,

thank you for the welcome, i live in sudbury suffolk, bolide, she wont talk to the diagnostics machine.
thank you

 

[elizabeth]

I'd get the car recovered to a Mercedes specialist and ask them to diagnose it. Shouldn't take more than a few hours to diagnose & hopefully fix

Nick Froome

thank you bolide, getting her recovered not a problem paying huge amounts of money a problem,
ty

 

[claggy001]

hi guys,

thank you for the welcome, i live in sudbury suffolk, bolide, she wont talk to the diagnostics machine.
thank you

Hi Lizzie,

I recently bought a Mercedes that had several problems.
Received very good service from Alex Crow, who is based in Stowmarket. He quickly diagnosed what was wrong, quoted for the repair work and updated me as the work progressed. Can't recommend him highly enough
Hope you soon get your car sorted.

Mark

 

[bing]

Pretty standard for these engines to splutter if been sitting a while due to condensation. First thing a mechanic should check is distributor caps ! A computer thingy will not necessarily pick this up ! You need an old school mechanic who knows these engine type .

 

[elizabeth]

Hi Lizzie,

I recently bought a Mercedes that had several problems.
Received very good service from Alex Crow, who is based in Stowmarket. He quickly diagnosed what was wrong, quoted for the repair work and updated me as the work progressed. Can't recommend him highly enough
Hope you soon get your car sorted.

Mark

Hiya Mark

Yes i have heard of Alex Crow and he has fantastic reviews online, i spoke to him a while back, but unless he works on a sat i cant get the car to him, long distance lorry driver not about much thru the week, ill give him another ring and see if will take her on a sat morning,
thank you

lizzie

 

[elizabeth]

Pretty standard for these engines to splutter if been sitting a while due to condensation. First thing a mechanic should check is distributor caps ! A computer thingy will not necessarily pick this up ! You need an old school mechanic who knows these engine type .

Hiya,

Thank you, Alex crow also said it is prob the dizzy, ill get it over to him,

Lizzie

 

[BTB 500]

Good luck with getting this sorted.

 

[jonthetourist]

Hi Lizzie

I am not much of a handyman, but every year in autumn I take off the distributor cap, wipe off the moisture, spray it with silicone spray, wipe it again, and put it back together. It's really not complicated, and you might be able to drive it to Alex for a service . . .

Good luck!

Jon

 

[jaymanek]

On the M119 there are two caps... worth replacing them and the rotor arms if the car hasnt been used for a while.