sam-orr
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My beloved 1998 Mercedes Benz took a supposed trip to Wisbech last weekend and following a full tank of fuel and a tire, oil and water check set off.
After getting 30 miles south of Telford, we encountered a loss of power and juddering when we came to a stop at roundabouts.
We decided to limp home and try and sort the issue at quik-fit, this was as we suspected that the exhaust had blown a hole hence the juddering and loss of power.
After inspection, there was no hole and the car seemed to have revived itself but following a 10 minute blast around Wrexham, began the fault again.
It felt like we were only firing on three cylinders but after leaving the car to sit for an hour, the problem was gone and I took it for a trip to Chester from Wrexham, no problems this time.
I decided that something was wrong and checked the plugs to see their condition, I only got the car in May and it had various stamps in the book up until 75k, it's now on 82k.
The plugs were a bit black and tarnished so I stuck a set of Bosch ones in and set off again. It's infuriating as the problem hasn't reared its ugly head since and I have driven it to work and back everyday without a hitch.
I'd like some feedback from anyone with one of these beasts as I love the car and would like to keep it for many more years.
My suggestions are these,
Coil packs?
Fuel filter?
I'm planning on changing both of these very soon but would like some other views.
Appreciated in advance!
Sam
After getting 30 miles south of Telford, we encountered a loss of power and juddering when we came to a stop at roundabouts.
We decided to limp home and try and sort the issue at quik-fit, this was as we suspected that the exhaust had blown a hole hence the juddering and loss of power.
After inspection, there was no hole and the car seemed to have revived itself but following a 10 minute blast around Wrexham, began the fault again.
It felt like we were only firing on three cylinders but after leaving the car to sit for an hour, the problem was gone and I took it for a trip to Chester from Wrexham, no problems this time.
I decided that something was wrong and checked the plugs to see their condition, I only got the car in May and it had various stamps in the book up until 75k, it's now on 82k.
The plugs were a bit black and tarnished so I stuck a set of Bosch ones in and set off again. It's infuriating as the problem hasn't reared its ugly head since and I have driven it to work and back everyday without a hitch.
I'd like some feedback from anyone with one of these beasts as I love the car and would like to keep it for many more years.
My suggestions are these,
Coil packs?
Fuel filter?
I'm planning on changing both of these very soon but would like some other views.
Appreciated in advance!
Sam