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Bleu Omdurman · 07-01-2009, 05:48 PM

Thanks for the notes guys.

I just torqued everything and the car still runs rough. It almost seems like a cylinder is not firing correctly. When I rev the engine, everything seems fine, nice and smooth. At idle, it is very choppy and the tach bounces more than it should. By that I mean it bounces about 75 rpm with a low of about 700 and a high about 800. Normally (i.e. before this) the motor hums around 850.

As a side note, I found my power steering fluid to be low. But so far all the fluids look fine.

So this next part is hard to describe. You know how if you put your hand down behind the exhaust you feel a little puff puff ? Ha, laugh now. Well, anyway, that "puff puff puff puff" is more of a "puff, skip, puff kinda hard, puff". Wash rinse and repeat.

Your thoughts are appreciated and welcome. Again, this is not on my Lotus or on a 2ZZ. Its an 1999 SLK.

Thanks,

Trevor

07-01-2009, 05:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
Bleu Omdurman More track time please. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,692	Thanks for the notes guys. I just torqued everything and the car still runs rough. It almost seems like a cylinder is not firing correctly. When I rev the engine, everything seems fine, nice and smooth. At idle, it is very choppy and the tach bounces more than it should. By that I mean it bounces about 75 rpm with a low of about 700 and a high about 800. Normally (i.e. before this) the motor hums around 850. As a side note, I found my power steering fluid to be low. But so far all the fluids look fine. So this next part is hard to describe. You know how if you put your hand down behind the exhaust you feel a little puff puff ? Ha, laugh now. Well, anyway, that "puff puff puff puff" is more of a "puff, skip, puff kinda hard, puff". Wash rinse and repeat. Your thoughts are appreciated and welcome. Again, this is not on my Lotus or on a 2ZZ. Its an 1999 SLK. Thanks, Trevor __________________ Take my track day survey: here You should enjoy it. 10 questions. Now take survey #2 here Mods: TurboXS Intake, Ultra Disc Rotors, Adare Motorsports Racing Pads.