C230K 2000 154Kms Stock


Recently the car has become very sluggish. From stop, upon sudden acceleration the car will hesitate and if I continue to press the pedal down the car will start to shake, not vibrate. I have to shut the engine off and then restart, everything is fine again. I have read several posts on the forum, and they lead to several different parts. I checked my spark plugs and they are clean. I checked the MAF and it 'looks' clean and unbroken. Although I didn't know what I was looking for exactly.



tia

 

Something else I would like to ad. Just now I drove to the local plaza and parked. As I pushed down on the gas pedal suddenly, the engine hesitated and I heard a loud 'pop' sound. In fact the engine would not rev up smoothly unless I was very gentle while pushing down the gas pedal. Hope this leads me somewhere....

 

Is the "check engine" light on? If it has been, almost any mechanic can run an OBD2 scan to "help" pinpoint the problem. Check every hose and rubber part from the air filtre box running to the intake manifold.It only takes one tear, leak, or loose fitting, to ruin the fuel air mixture. After that it gets more difficult.

Blue

 

thank you....will check as mentioned...

 

I had a similiar problem with another car a few years back. It turned out to be the Catalytic Converter had melted in the centre and the exhaust would not flow through as usual, car engine couldn't breath, replaced it(actually removed it) and everything returned to normal.

Just a thought.

Good luck,

Trygve

 

i will have it checked out at the local muffler shop. Actually when I start the car in the morning or after engine cool down the exhaust is very loud.

 

update:
I changed the fuel filter today.....no difference noticed.


the CE light comes when key is in position 2, before ignition. The CE light however does not come on when this hesitation starts.....

 

i pulled a code P0302 from the car....waht does this mean????