The 230sl had a 900 km trip in 2012. No issues. After the trip, we had to clean the gas tank, we saw too much sediment. The car barely could travel 30 km before it started to drown and stall. We concluded that the fuel pump was affected too by the sediment. We got a used pump in ebay, new rotor, distributor cap, spark plug cables, fuel filter, injectors serviced, new spark plugs, condenser, you name it. The engine was rebuilt in 2009. It was running perfect until after the long trip. We have the car in a garage for 2 years, now we are trying again to see what we find. We got fresh fuel too.