Engine misfiring and not accelerator properly

UJELOUJELO

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2002 MERCEDES BENZ C240
3.2L
V6
2WD
AUTOMATIC
80 MILES

Greetings to everybody. I have a problem with my car listed above w203 c240. When I start it, it struggles to accelerate for some minutes around 10 minutes after that it will start responding when I press the gas pedal at this point it will be in park when I put into drive or into reverse it won't accelerate again but if I put it in park or in neutral it will respond and rev. So, I hookup my laptop to scan it it's showing misfiring on cylinder 1, 2 and 3 and showing about catalytic convertors and O2 sensor it's not talking anything about throttle body or accelerator pedal sensor.

So, what I have done for now on misfiring I bought all twelve spark plugs and I have swapped my coil packs for cylinder 1, 2 and 3 I put them on cylinder 4, 5 and 6 but the misfire still stays on cylinder 1, 2 and 3. Any help please will be appreciated. I Don't know if clogged catalytic is causing the misfiring. Please help. Thanks in advance.

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JACOBANDNICKOLAS

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108,262 POSTS

Hi,

If the misfire is staying on the same bank, have you checked fuel pressure? Also, are you able to provide the codes you found and short-term fuel trims?

I looked up a 2002 C240 and its indicating a 2.6L V6. Please confirm that for me.

Take care,

Joe

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Sunday, November 7th, 2021 AT 7:15 PM

UJELOUJELO

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Thanks for reply I have uploaded the video showing when I scan on fuel trim its shows 25% on short term bank 1 and short-term bank 2 then on long term fuel trim bank 1 and bank 2 it shows 0%.

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Sunday, November 7th, 2021 AT 9:17 PM

JACOBANDNICKOLAS

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Hi,

Did you upload a video? If so, it isn't showing. Regardless, if you have a positive 25%, that is high. It indicates the car's computer is adding fuel (more than normal) to the engine to compensate for a lean mixture.

Under normal conditions, trims should be between -10% and +10%.

Question, the trims you provided, was the engine at operating temperature? Also, the 0% LTFT was the vehicle driven?

Let me know. Also, based on what you provided, I would check fuel pressure and for engine vacuum leaks. Here are two links you may find helpful:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-use-an-engine-vacuum-gauge

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-fuel-system-pressure-and-regulator

One last thing. Please confirm the engine size for me and provide the codes that were retrieved.

Take care and hang in there. We'll get it figured out.

Joe

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Monday, November 8th, 2021 AT 4:59 PM