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1992 300SE Running a lil sluggish or is it just to heavy for this v6??

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Old 02-15-2008, 12:44 PM
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1992 300SE Running a lil sluggish or is it just to heavy for this v6??

Running a little slughish from a dead stop.....any suggestions
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1989 560SL 19K miles Sold, 1991 300SE 191K miles Totalled
I believe that the '92 300SE (W140) has the 3 litre in line six cylinder, just like my '91 300SE (W126). If so, it only has about 190bhp. Probably a little weak for great acceleration. The good news is that with proper maintenance, you can get many, many miles out of this engine. Mine has 180,000 miles on it and uses no oil between changes. Fuel economy is between 17-20 mpg.

Good luck...

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I think W140 300SE's / S320s used the 3.2 litre straight six from the last W124 E320s / early W210 E320s.
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