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Anyone suggest what this could be? Basically when I reverse with full or nearly full lock applied I get a double knock. Is a strange clunk/crunch sound back to back. Definitely comes from the front of the car. Only other way to describe is if you say ran over a pebble. You can feel movement...

I've been chasing an odd little noise from the boot area of the car. Been there a while. Just like a click, when you accelerate gently from a stop, or come to a halt. the suspension is nice, new shocks, new spring hats, smooth travel. Seems to come from the tank area of the car, checked...

Evening all. This is going to be a bit hard to explain but I'll try my best! Seemingly the front right hand side suspension on my 94 R129 SL is making an odd noise. It's most noticeable when I'm manouvering the car out of my space and it's on polished concrete. Less so when on the move and...

Hi All, Hoping you'll have some ideas about this. Car: A-Class W168 210 Evolution Manual gearbox. On starting the car, after it has been parked (always on level ground), if the car is cold it will not go into 1st or 2nd gear. It will always go into 3rd gear. After driving the car for a...

I had the under-dash cover off today and found these 2 brown wires running from the parking brake to the centre console. They aren't part of the loom and don't look factory fit. But they run to the switch on the parking brake and seem to have "proper" connectors on the end (clearly seen in...

Hello all, hoping for some advice as I had a weird problem develop on the way home this evening. All seemed fine at first, switched lights on as I pulled away, then gave the washers a squirt. The 'washer bottle empty warning light' came on and thats when I heard a weird noise coming from the...

This must be one of the strangest equipped C-class coupes I've seen. Sorry it's not on ebay but I thought it was worth posting. 2003 MERCEDES-BENZ C CLASS C180K 3DR - 30000MILES - FSH -

When at tickover my revs usually start at about 900 cold and drop to 600 when it has warmed up. Last night the revs stayed high the whole trip home and the car sounded more throaty (but not clattery). This morning it stayed high as well and continued with the throaty sound. When I got...

This post made me smile when I read it on that well known American forum! Never fails to amaze me just how deeply technical and baffling some of the posts are over there :D:D I just had an image of a bloke called Chuck peering at the instrument cluster on his his car when saw this message...

ASDA is selling Mobil S 10-40 semi synthetic 5 ltr pack £22 1 ltr pack special offer reduced from £4 to £3 even at £4 its still cheaper :confused:

My car, a V220. On the dash it has the normal row of lights and stuff, but the EDC light and the abs light have been reversed. By this i mean somebody did a fairly 'hack the sh1t out of it' job . They cut the piece of black plastic out and swapped them. So i just idley wondered if anybody...

On the V5C for a Fiesta Ghia it says in Special Notes: "Was registered and/or used elsewhere in the UK. Declared manufactured 1996" Any idea what it is referring to?

Hi, When the car (W208 CLK 230K) is initially started, and when driving slowly when the car is cold, there is an odd sound from the engine. Not sure if it is normal. The sound is hard to explain, it's not really a rattle. I'm hoping it's normal and someone can describe it better than me...

Hi folks, Today I took out my broken radio and saw 2 cables that I didn't know where they came from. Maybe somebody could help me out what kind of cable it is (surely not radio related) Thanks !

Hi all, as the title suggests, I'm getting an odd noise from the engine on startup and idle for some time afterwards until the car fully warms up. I can only describe it as a high pitched metallic rattle, which seems to be coming from the O/S bottom of the engine bay close to the wheel arch -...

190e 1989. I have not used it for about a month and it has been in the garage all the time and now won't start. The battery is fine and turns it well. There are sparks at the plugs and the tank is full. There are no blown fuses. The first time I tried to start it it did fire for about two...

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I was in Stamford on Sunday for a car show. While wondering around the town I spotted this B180 CDi. Now I'm not a fan of AMG badging when a car has absolutely no AMG paraphernalia whatsoever, but why on earth would you badge it with an imitation AMG badge?! :confused: Still, it gave me a...

On the current (i.e. chrome sided) MB keys, there is a small spring-loaded slider that releases the conventional key. One of my W204 keys has a black slider, the other a grey one. Does anyone know if you can get other colour sliders and if they can be changed on existing keys? If so, does anyone...

Doing a little bit of e55 drooling ;) and I came across this one on ebay E55 is it just me or are the locations of the cd and aircon unit swapped over? D.