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I recently discovered my car has been shaking like crazy lately, so i decided to take my car to the shop to see whats wrongs. it turns out my #3 Cylinder is not working! I was only running on 7 cylinders, no wonder it felt so sluggish lately. my car is a 1987 420SEL, has like about 115K on it. Do you guys think i should fix the car? or should i get rid of it? anyone know how much it would cost to fix this problem? thanks

-Greg

Jer

If the body, interior, and other mechanicals are in great shape (and with only 115k, they should be) I would keep it. You'll be hard pressed to find another great car for a decent price. The cylinder failure could be something as simple as incomplete combustion from a bad injector or spark plug, or something more serious like valve clearance errors or even a busted rod. The fix could be as cheap as $40 to anywhere in the thousands.

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Thanks Jer! now all i got to wait for is the price quote the shop is going to charge me...

-Greg

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its fixed! the only problem was that i had a dirty fuel filter...after i changed it...all the problems are gone..and i think i get more miles on a tank of gas now!!!

-Greg

Jer

Glad to hear everything is working well! The solution sounds odd for the problem, but if it's not broke, don't fix it!