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Originally Posted by Beadybc
Sorry for not replying sooner everyone you've reminded me of things that I forgot to mention.
-I have checked the distributor cap and rotor arm. There wasn't any damp or corrosion and no pitting just a small amount of white residue on the contact points. Both were replaced along with the plugs and leads probably not too long ago in terms of mileage, I say 'probably' because the mileage stopped going up around 5-6 years ago however that full service was a whole 11 years ago now.
-I picked the car up in November of last year, before that It had been sitting for at least a year. The previous owner had a mechanic out in January 2019 attempting to fix it but to no avail. In my ownership it has never run correctly.
-The fuel gauge doesn't work but I know it has a full tank cause the fuel reached the filler cap.
-I have checked the gap on all plugs and set them all to within spec, they were quite sooted.
-I will check the rubber sock and ignition ECU.
-The manual states that the B200E doesn't have K-Jetronic, it states "CI-Injection" but if you say that it is K-Jetronic then that's useful as I haven't been following other forums' advice for K-Jetronic engines out of fear that it would cause more damage. How/Where would I check to see if it has a Lambda sensor, I can't see any sensors going into the exhaust if that's it?. It has two converters on the exhaust and no Lambda-Sond badge anywhere on the car.
-The air filter looks almost new and is clean.
-By 'adjusting the timing' I meant just turning the distributor cap whilst it was running.
-Adding things to the fuel was the next thing on the list to try so If everything else is ok then I give it a go, when you say add the contents of the methylated spirit, I'm assuming you mean the 500ml bottle not the 2L one?
I have attached the photos again this time I've added / rearranged photos of the exhaust system.
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I hate Haynes for referring to K-Jetronic as CI - K is short for Kontinuierlich which means continuous. They are one and the same.
You shouldn't be able to turn the distributor cap whether the engine is running or not, it's fixed to the cam carrier and driven off the rear end of the camshaft. The EZK ignition ECU above the pedals does all the timing adjustments needed.
If your fuel tank is full, you need to empty 3/4 of the tank. You will need the full 2L of meths, not the silly little 500ml bottle as that won't do any good. The ratio is important, about 10% meths to fuel so 2L of meths to 18L of petrol which is about 4 gallons. I was going on the fuel guage reading, normally 7xx don't give a reading at all if the guage isn't working.
That's why i linked to the 2L bottle of meths and NOT the 500ml bottle!
With the extra info that it has never run right in your ownership, was sat for at least a year beforehand etc i would definitely suggest condensation in the fuel. Hence the meths. Try the things i mentioned in the order i mentioned them (unless already done like the plugs) but you need to reduce the amount of fuel in the tank to make the 2L of meths effective or increase the amount of meths to 6L which probably won't even fit in the tank if it's full.
*** EDIT *** Just had a look at your extra pics and can't see a cat, Lambda or anything else to suggest it's a KE-Jetronic so pretty safe to say it's a standard K-Jetronic