M129 rough running

Over the last couple of months I’ve had issues with the M129 rough running in my 250SE. The car was hesitating, idling poorly and just not running very well. I’ve done a few things over the last few months to improve this situation.

One of the first things I did was change the injectors. The stutter when accelerating and hard starting when hot felt like a symptom of poor injectors. I also didn’t want the situation of a leaky injector washing down my cylinder walls. While not as cheap as the K Jet injectors, the MFI injectors are still available […]

Replacing CIS injectors on my 450SLC

This week I replaced the CIS injectors and the spark plugs in my 450SLC and the car is running much better for it.

I’ve been thinking about swapping the fuel injectors in the SLC for a while now. When cold, the car wouldn’t run that well at first and you would need to blip the throttle a few times to get the idle to settle down. This can be a sign that some of the injectors are not atomizing the fuel properly. The car is less sensitive to this as it warms up, but proper atomization is important for smooth […]