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    E-class generations

    Visiting Kravica water falls in Bosnia and Herzegovina whilst on holiday. General car parking area that just happened to have across four generations of E-class in one shot.
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    W211 front brake wheel imbalance

    Brake imbalance really means that one of the calipers is less effective than the other. This is the caliper the former needs checked first. Has anyone stripped out the pads and checked the caliper piston(s) for free movement? If not, that is the first place to check.
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    What Have You Done To Your Merc Today?

    The new AGM battery arrived today to replace the expired original. Straight swap and everything worked without any resetting procedures. But then the glow plug light came on.....One plug showed open circuit so replaced it with no drama or damage.
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    W221 steering wheel wobble/shimmer/shake

    The spigot positions the wheel on the hub - The studs hold it in place. Once bolted up there is no shear force on either the studs or the wheel spigot as the clamping force (friction) holds the wheel to the hub. The spigot and hub shoulder are machined to fine tolerances. The stud holes are...
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    Help with wi-fi boiler control please

    I don't think that a smart plug is that smart of an idea for this application. What model of "wi-fi boiler control unit" are you trying to install?
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    Car just cut out while driving and now not turning over

    Another vote for an earth lead break. Between battery and engine block first. If you have a multimeter, set to measure DC voltage and place one probe on the battery negative terminal and the other on the block. Then have someone try to operate the starter. Voltage should always show zero...
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    Failed MOT

    My Clio is not accessible around the engine either. The oil filter is at the front of the engine but still very difficult to get at with my shovel hands. Fuel filter is behind the wheel arch liner. Headlight bulbs are an absolute pig. I fitted Osram taxi bulbs (guaranteed for 4 years) to...
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    Failed MOT

    Broken springs are a regular thing for many cars. My CLS broke the front nearside spring with its first owner. Touch wood, I have not had that failure yet. I do recall also changing the front springs on my W124 too. On the subject of A-Class models, my wife used to run a 1998 A160 and it...
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    Failed MOT

    Yup. The same OM642 engine in the CLS also used in a the Sprinter and Vito vans. They also suffer the same common maladies. My van however has an engine shared with Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo, Mazda and of course the Ford Mondeo. Not as smooth or as powerful as the OM642 but I have not had to...
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    Failed MOT

    I also have a motorhome almost the same age as the CLS with almost the same mileage but gets used even less. It has needed absolutely nothing over the five years I have owned it. It was used quite a bit this year but never left the garage other than for its MOT the previous year. The lesser...
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    Failed MOT

    About right with your views. My first Mercedes was a W124 estate which was amongst the best of cars I have ever owned. The most heavily used car in our household is a 2012 Clio estate. It cost £4000 five years ago and we have put 183,000 miles on it and it has been subject to less repairs...
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    Failed MOT

    Just a note to say if there is a hub nut cover then you will need to remove the wheel to get the cover off. I would then replace the wheel before trying to break out the hub nut. If you hold it on the foot brake without the wheel fitted then you might shear the disc holding bolts as the wheel...
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    A45 Front Disc at 9000 miles

    My motorbike warps front discs for fun. Quality discs take more abuse without warping. The only discs I ever actually managed to wear out before they warped were proper EBC race-lite cast iron discs which were great. The only discs I have warped on any car have been through heavy braking...
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    Failed MOT

    In all likely hood the tester will re-check all CV boots - The tester will expect to see a new one somewhere. Usually it is easy to see splits on CV boots because they will be stained with the escaping grease. If in doubt check the outer's by turning the wheels to full lock then rotate the...
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    CLS AROUND 2007

    I have had my 2007 CLS 320 diesel for 5 years and it is used very sparingly, stored inside and is low mileage. My car averages 35mpg overall. I doubt there is much difference in maintenance costs between the diesel / petrol models. The gearbox is not easy to service. An oil change can be...
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    Differential bolts, Normal or not?

    They are all like that - HELP: CLS w219 Diff Bolt Question, 1 or 2 | Parts, Maintenance & Servicing
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    Mercedes 380SEC c126 engine problems

    Sounds promising - That certainly is a nasty looking rotor arm. I believe the relays are identical in the 380 and 500 models.
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    Mercedes 380SEC c126 engine problems

    Petrol engines need three things to run - Compression, fuel and a spark. Your car must have all of these in some amount otherwise it would not run at all. When you select drive on the gearbox it causes increased load on the engine. Your engine has a idle control valve which maintains the idle...
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    What would make a stationary car catch fire?

    Many moons ago, I was walking the dog up the road and smelled burning. More acrid than the normal countryside fire that you might normally smell but I did not give it much thought and ignored it. The next morning, as I walked towards the car(s), I noticed one of them had black windows whereas...
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    CL500 w216 big dent

    So sad to see such a stunning car damaged. On the value of a CL500, my nephew tried to sell his CL500 last year. Mercedes-Benz CL 5.5 CL500 2007 (57 Reg) - NE Scotland It was listed in various places including a rather popular auction website. Also various buymycar type of organisations...
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