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SL/R129: Just Purchased 2000 SL500 - Few Questions

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Old 12-12-2011, 05:31 PM
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Just Purchased 2000 SL500 - Few Questions

Hi all,

I had a few questions about my car:

Sometimes, when I first start the car up and start driving, it's only running on 7 cylinders, or maybe 6. It has absolutely no pickup. I've put a can of Seafoam in the tank, but that hasn't fixed it entirely. It does this maybe 1-2 times out of 10 times driving the car. Fuel Filter maybe? Ignition Coil? No CEL on dash.

When I'm on the expressway driving, and I nail it, as in push the pedal far enough to hit the kickdown switch, it downshifts a little hard, it jerks a little bit...almost as if when you are driving a manual car and you bang it into gear. When I do not hit the kickdown switch, it is extremely smooth.

Other than that, the car is really great!!

Thanks!
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Any service history? If not, I'd say replace ALL fluid (including trans, diff, steering, brakes, top hydrolic, etc) .... wouldn't hurt

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