Common Problems With 380sl Mercedes - My source of information even mentioned a conversion process that remedies this problem (but it's not cheap). Failed subframes can total your car. Look for rust in floors, rockers, trunk and top well. Steering box, steering coupler and occasionally fuel injection, fuel distributor (it's a fuel. Good news, it is running and i have it out on the road occasionally. Bad news is that i keep finding things to fix. Problem #1 in stop and go traffic, the transmission starts. Strangely, to aleviate the problem, i can either stop the car, or place it in neurtral, restart the car, and at that point it runs perfect again until i slow down or come to a stop. What are mercedes 380sl problems? Where can a person get help with mercedes 380 sl issues? Why does a mercedes 380 sl take time to start? More mercedes 380 sl questions answered. Now it refuses to start at all, well it actually sounds like its trying to start on three cylinders. And the exhaust smells of petrol and the plugs are wet after several attempts. I am bringing a 380 back from the brink. There are actually a variety of problems with these. The fuel injectors fail causing a rich running enigine, the fuel accumilator fails causing a hard starting engine, the engine intake leaks. My project 380 can now roll, but has a severe lack of power. I believe this is an engine issue, not a transmission issue like i had previously thought. From the october 1985 issue of car and driver.
My source of information even mentioned a conversion process that remedies this problem (but it's not cheap). Failed subframes can total your car. Look for rust in floors, rockers, trunk and top well. Steering box, steering coupler and occasionally fuel injection, fuel distributor (it's a fuel. Good news, it is running and i have it out on the road occasionally. Bad news is that i keep finding things to fix. Problem #1 in stop and go traffic, the transmission starts. Strangely, to aleviate the problem, i can either stop the car, or place it in neurtral, restart the car, and at that point it runs perfect again until i slow down or come to a stop. What are mercedes 380sl problems? Where can a person get help with mercedes 380 sl issues? Why does a mercedes 380 sl take time to start? More mercedes 380 sl questions answered. Now it refuses to start at all, well it actually sounds like its trying to start on three cylinders. And the exhaust smells of petrol and the plugs are wet after several attempts. I am bringing a 380 back from the brink.