560SL.. rough idle/shaking,then stalls...

[ioang26]

Originally Posted by gatopardo

Hi there
I have a suggestion. Take a look at your IGNITION COIL. I have been suffering for two years with a situation where my 560sl 1988 died on me for no apparent reason, but started rigth away, lately it would not start until the car cooled down. I searched this an other forums and followed many a suggesstion to change just about everything in the ignition system, finally I decided to change (once more) the ignition control module. Then I read that one should change also the ignition coil when changing the ICM, as a bad ignition coil will affect the ICM.
I googled at "symptoms of a bad ignition coil" and found that the symptoms mirrored what was happening to my car. I replaced the ignition coil and all seems to be well now.
It sound like it is happening to your car as well.

I just replaced the ignition coil and no result.
Also, replaced the existing Fuel Distributor with a rebuilt one from CIS Flowtech and car would start run for a 30 sec and then stalls again.
The fuel pressure regulator is brand new too.