My POS 1993 300CE W124.052 stalled.. had to get it towed today :|

[gabzor]

Right, so i was driving normally, car worked fine, suddenly stuttered and stalled.. took a while to start, i had to pump the gas pedal some.. eventually made it to a parking lot, got it towed to my house by aaa.

car takes forever to start, sometimes misfires, but the engine shakes and rattles like hell, like its running too lean.. and the idle hovers around 800 - 1000, and drops to 500, starts stuttering, and dies. (sometimes the emergency lights worked, sometimes they'd kind of freeze up)

the eha/air intake seemed to be shaking so much, it became loose, and when i looked, the eta was grimey! as well as a vacuum plug somewhere.. which i took apart.. and stuck back in.. (while i was working for aaa)

300ce - YouTube

theres a video of the noise/issues the car makes..

anyways i stayed up all night trying to see other symptoms
so the car won't start without gas being pumped, and is very hard..

the brake also turned very hard for some reason, mind you it was working fine earlier today, but it seems especially rock hard when the car stalls. the car drops rpms down to about 500 when in gear or so, and the stuttering stops and engine seems to run better when gas is pressed, and stuttering stops pretty much at about 4000 rpm..
but when i turn the wheel, powersteering makes a screechy sound when i hit one end, and car will stutter to 500, and die.

so i took my air filter cover thingy off.. off..

looks like eta.. its filthy.. is it easy to take off? easy to clean?

that would be my maf i think? or whatever connects to the eta.. the inside of it.. looked filthy and greasy... or oily.. is it supposed to be oily??


my mechanic (Mr.Mb) broke the clip..



well i never opened the compartment where the spark wires go..


coils packs look old, ignition wires are beru, but their old too..
but hey it was fun and i'm learning how my car works..

thats the only spark plug i could pull out (towards the front)


where the spark plug was oil and grimes everywhere on this car!


took a quick look under the car, (dont have jacks)

it leaks!

so some of you might have remembered i made a post in desperation, and my wire was wrapped in pvc tape, and you all recommended me a new harness.. removed all the pvc crap...
what the hell was this guy thinking..
WHAT WAS I THINKING BUYING THIS CAR?!?!!? :crybaby2:


i think the wires would have been fine if it wasn't for that rat though (infamous rat who killed a benz)

the wires along the harness looked like that, as did most of the wiring in the bay which is pretty good..
i cut his stupid weird repair job on the harness, since i was thinking of doing a cleaner soldering job as a temporary repair, as the harness is still in good shape..

well thanks guys.. yeah i know i screwed up again.... :|