Mercedes Aftermarket Parts : brand new vs classic modern
No one argues that AMG provides one of the best of Mercedes Performance Parts inhouse, yet few may be privileged enough to drive AMG Benz where as the majority will have to resort to merely upgrading older or even classic Benz such those belonging to W124, W123 or perhaps antiquatted W108.
I have seen a W124 is built upon 1980s Toyota Crown's platform, and it was such fantastic job that the only clue of original car reveals itself when you open the hood. If you would like to read the article you might as well head to the above link, now this article will dwell further complimenting into great detail and should the need arise we could have a series of articles in the near future. This wrecked E Class is a good donor for those enthusiast upgrading their W124.
The obvious reason to present modifications upon older car and inparticular Mercedes Benz is that they are much more durable and reliable than the recent models, especially the least expensive C class models. And here is the quotation from their owners from MercedesForum reflecting the gremlin on 2005 C240 W202:
The Benz authorized workshop suggested a dozen replacements parts including all six injectors which running at its 70% capacity, it might be the culprit but what happen when it did that silly things? As we declined such suggestion and following instinctive electrical glitch they only replaced the relay at a cost of 80 bucks, and it ran beautifully until now.
No one argues that AMG provides one of the best of Mercedes Performance Parts inhouse, yet few may be privileged enough to drive AMG Benz where as the majority will have to resort to merely upgrading older or even classic Benz such those belonging to W124, W123 or perhaps antiquatted W108.
I have seen a W124 is built upon 1980s Toyota Crown's platform, and it was such fantastic job that the only clue of original car reveals itself when you open the hood. If you would like to read the article you might as well head to the above link, now this article will dwell further complimenting into great detail and should the need arise we could have a series of articles in the near future. This wrecked E Class is a good donor for those enthusiast upgrading their W124.
The obvious reason to present modifications upon older car and inparticular Mercedes Benz is that they are much more durable and reliable than the recent models, especially the least expensive C class models. And here is the quotation from their owners from MercedesForum reflecting the gremlin on 2005 C240 W202:
There were two faults, and both a design fault with Mercedes M111 engines the first one was the cam shaft sensor, connection lead, as it had cracked and the fitments were loose, causing poor connection, and secondly there is a wire gauge under the throttle valve, this was contaminated with a combination of dirt and oil from the engine breath pipe, ......This sounds like our E300 problem in the past with fuel supply relay in the past. The W124 was simply refuse to move despite of its seemed normal running engine, every half an hour the car was loosing the power but as soon as it cooled down around ten minutes it ran faultlessly. Yet it was countless stop and go at a 120 kms long stretch of highway toll.
along with a thick band of carbon around the edge of the throttle valve, both were restricting the air flow into the engine, both faults have now been rectified, and performance and fuel consumption is excellent, ( I have been advised that the timing chain will need replacing as there is a slight rattle at low engine speed,
(P.S I did not know Mercedes also did a free transmission oil check as well).
...another...gremlin
When I replaced the MAF the performance was like new, pick up and kick-down was great, Recently performance has dropped off, and fuel consumption has got silly, and occasionally my Mercedes will run on two cylinders, (if I pull over and re-start the car it will run ok for a few miles before it happens again) I am really stressed about this and can anyone shed any light on this problem.
The Benz authorized workshop suggested a dozen replacements parts including all six injectors which running at its 70% capacity, it might be the culprit but what happen when it did that silly things? As we declined such suggestion and following instinctive electrical glitch they only replaced the relay at a cost of 80 bucks, and it ran beautifully until now.
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