Hi Joe, First thing I would look at is the fuel filter/s. Even if they have recently been changed it does not mean someone put dirty fuel into the car. >From memory the V12's use 2 distributors to fire the engine, if you feel that it is only running on 6 cylinders you may have a problem with one of the ignition systems. They are expensive and have been known to fail. Basically you are going to have to bite the bullet and get it properly diagnosed because you can end up throwing 1000's of dollars worth of parts into the beast and still have problems. The one redeeming feature of later model cars is that they have a self diagnostic system to find problems. However usually if there is a problem with a later model Merc the check engine light will come on, has yours? Like they say nice cars when working properly but major wallet drainers when not:-) Look on the bright side, even with the problems you are having you are still going to outrun all the diesel Benz's and me in my(well the missus) 230E. Ohh almost forgot what are the exhaust emissions like? Is one side different to the other?
Sorry I can't be of more help but I don't think I will ever be able to afford a V12 so I do not know much about them. Or perhaps if the price of fuel goes up to $10 a litre they will be giving large engined cars away for free:-) Cheers, Hendrik ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:00 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] SL 600, poor throttle response > Been waiting to see if anyone had anything really constructive to > offer. There's not a huge fund of expertise on late model high tech > gassers on this list so far as I know. I think if you're planning to > own & maintain this formidible beast for any period of time you'd be > well advised to find yourself a copy of the WIS - recently, if briefly > discussed on this list - and put yourself through the grief of getting > it installed & becoming at least somewhat familiar with its nuances. > You don't mention the model year, but the degradation of the wiring > harness(es) that James alluded to could well be right on point. > > joe > > On 8/21/05, Thomas Ralston Long IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Treated myself to a V12 when I got back from Iraq. You can blame me for the > > skyrocketing gas prices!! > > Now, I hardly ever drive this car, but when I do, it seems to be running > > on six cylinders, and the throttle response is slow at that. Any ideas? > > No, I do not want to diesel engine swap. I never want to hear a diesel > > engine up front again. > > _______________________________________ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For new parts see www.buymbparts.com > For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.7/70 - Release Date: 11/08/2005 >
