At an approximate engine temperature of 38F, the car starts just fine on 5 cylinders, but runs very rough until the dead cylinder starts to fire.

It takes 4 or 5 seconds for the cylinder to start to fire, even once, under these conditions, it fires very intermittently, and it nails loudly when firing.

It takes another 10-15 seconds to start to fire continuously, still nailing loudly.

Much smoke is emitted until continuous firing occurs.

Normal firing with no nailing takes another 30-40 seconds, a bit shorter if the car is driven gently.

At an approximate engine temperature of 62F, the car starts just fine on five and the dead cylinder begins firing/nailing within 1-2 seconds, and continuous firing occurs after perhaps 5 seconds, still nailing.

At an approximate engine temperature of 80F, the car starts just fine on all cylinders, with mild nailing on the one cylinder, which disappears completely within 10 seconds.

Thank you, I now return you to your regularly scheduled broadcast.

Rgds,
Chris W.
'95 E300D, 366K

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