Mercedes-Benz M 119

Mercedes-Benz / AMG

Manufacturer:	Mercedes-Benz / AMG
Production period:	1989-1999
Design:	V , eight-cylinder
Engines:	4.2 liters (4196 cm³) to 6.0 liters (5956 cm³)
Previous model:	M 117
Successor:	M 113

The M 119 is a gasoline engine from Mercedes-Benz with eight cylinders in V-position and four valves per cylinder. It was used from 1989 to 1999 in various Mercedes cars in the upper and upper middle class .

It is based on the predecessor engines M 116 and M 117 and differs from these mainly in the four-valve cylinder head with two chain-driven overhead camshafts per cylinder bank, which actuate the valves via bucket tappets with hydraulic valve clearance compensation. It has a two-stage phase adjustment of the intake camshafts. There was the M 119 with displacements of 4.2 liters (4196 cm³) and 5.0 liters (4973 cm³) as standard and with 6.0 liters (5956 cm³) and 6.3 liters (6298 cm³) as tuning variants .

He first came in 1989 in the model 500 SL series R 129 on the market, and later in the 124 series , in the S-Class 140 series and E-Class 210 series .

The 4.2-liter variant had an output of 200 to 210 kW, depending on the version, and the 5.0-liter variant 235 to 240 kW.

The successor was the M 113 , which was developed together with the technically related M 112 V6 engine .

Origin and development

The then independent tuning company AMG , which specialized in Mercedes vehicles, relied on the 5.6-liter versions of the predecessor engine M117, developed in-house at the end of the 1980s, with which the engines developed 265 to 280 kW under high compression. These engines received the identification M117 / 9 from AMG. The successor engine family M119 of the two-valve M116 / M117 series developed by Daimler-Benz then also received four valves per cylinder. Many connoisseurs consider the M119 engines to be the best V8 engines that Daimler-Benz has ever used in passenger cars.

Motor data

Engine designation	Number of cylinders	Bore × stroke [mm]	Cubic capacity [cm ³ ]	compression	Power [kW] at speed [1 / min]	Torque [Nm] at speed [1 / min]
M 119 E 42	8th	92.0 x 78.9	4196	10.0: 1	200 at 5700 (US version)	400 at 3900
				11.0: 1	205 at 5700	400 at 3900
				11.0: 1	210 at 5700	410 at 3900
M 119 E 50		96.5 x 85.0	4973	11.0: 1	235 at 5600	470 at 3900
					240 at 5700	480 at 3900
					255 at 5750	480 at 3750-4250
M 119 E 60		100.0 x 94.8	5956		275 at 5250	550 at 4000
M 119 E 60		100.0 x 94.8	5956		280 at 5500	580 at 3750

commitment

M 119 E 42

Sales description	model series	Construction period
Displacement: 4196 cm³, output: 205 kW (279 hp) at 5700 rpm, torque: 400 Nm at 3900 rpm
400 E / E 420	W 124	1992-1995
S 420 Coupé / CL 420	C 140	1994-1998
S 420	W / V 140	1993-1998
E 420	W / S 210	1996-1998
Displacement: 4196 cm³, output: 210 kW (286 hp) at 5700 rpm, torque: 410 Nm at 3900 rpm
400 SE	W / V 140	1991-1993

M 119 E 50

Sales description	model series	Construction period
Displacement: 4973 cm³, output: 235 kW (320 hp) at 5600 rpm, torque: 470 Nm at 3900 rpm
E 500	W 124	1993-1995
500 SL / SL 500	R 129	1992-1998
500 SEC / S 500 Coupé / CL 500	C 140	1992-1998
S 500	W / V 140	1993-1998
Displacement: 4973 cm³, power: 240 kW (326 hp) at 5700 / min, torque: 480 Nm at 3900 / min
500 U	W 124	1990-1993
500 SL	R 129	1989-1992
500 SE	W / V 140	1991-1993
Displacement: 4973 cm³, output: 255 kW (347 hp) at 5750 rpm, torque: 480 Nm at 3750–4250 rpm
E 50 AMG	W 210	1996-1997

M 119 E 60

M 119 E60 in an E 60 AMG

Sales description	model series	Construction period
Displacement: 5956 cm³, power: 280 kW (381 hp) at 5500 rpm, torque: 580 Nm at 3750 rpm
E 60 AMG	W 124	1993-1994
SL 60 AMG	R 129	1993-1998
E 60 AMG	W / S 210	1996-1998

M 119 E 63

Sales description	model series	Construction period
Displacement: 6298 cm³, power: 298 kW (405 hp) at 5500 / min, torque: 616 Nm at 3600 / min
E 60 AMG 6.3	W 210	1996-1998