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Oh joy. 1990 300TE... Ok...get this. I blew my head gasket the old fashioned way...overheating due to coolant hose blowing. So I try one of those chemical head gasket repair things by a popular radiator seal company. You empty the radiator, add water and this stuff. The car heats up and...

Hi All, I suffered brake failure today while traveling on my way home from work and end up in a field! Its a 10 plate Blue Effiency and I had the cruise control set at 75. As I appoached the roundabout, I started to hit the break and was told I had bake failure and a pinging noise. By this...

Probably one for WIM (and some maths for NC). Both track rod end gaiters are perished, so I'm aware I'll been to replace the ends soon. In advance of this I tought I'd check the tracking (using a peice of string;)) so I had a good reference when replacing them (also knowing a spreader bar is...

With all the recent rain, I've come to notice that my tyres are AWFUL in wet conditions. I have nearly lost the back end twice now, while following much lesser cars through long sweeping bends on A-roads. The rears also spin up REALLY easily when pulling off at the lights, even under moderate...

Anybody got experiance of this package. I estimate a set of tyres is going to last approx 18 mths and at £800 to replace + servicing this don't sound a bad deal or are my maths totally wrong?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfBlUQguvyw&feature=player_embedded Sorry if its been posted before. Alex.

Found this on another forum describing a virtual total rebuild of a w124 300E TE lots of pictures and useful info. You will need to register to see the pictures but well worth it if you are a w124 fan.:thumb...

:( No Total Wipeout tonight because of RUGBY! Sulk :mad:

Anyone see Total Emergency on TV last night? A fine example of our Emergency services advanced driving skills :mad: Paramedic on a blue light run through Sheffield takes both hands off the wheel at speed in order to put his blue PVC gloves on. How unsafe is that? What a good use of taxpayers...

Hello peeps, as sad as this is i only just found this out tonight after having the car for 11 months..... MY car has a TOTAL CLOSURE ALARM....BUT.... the drivers window stops about 2 inches from the top , all the others close fully. I had the alram fitted back in January and asked for...

Police use £1,000-an-hour helicopter to trap speeding drivers :eek: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23545518-details/Police+use+%C2%A31%2C000-an-hour+helicopter+to+trap+speeding+drivers/article.do

Have just spent five days tring to order a part here: http://www.mbgtc.com/cp/default.asp?PageNo=DEFAULT after all the phone calls and emails they told me I should go to my local dealer. even though the part was advertised on their site with costings too. Was going to ship to a friend in...

At my last main dealer service I requested the fix the total closure feature of windows/sunroof as it has stopped working and no longer closed any open windows/sunroof when I lock the car. The attributed the fault to the fact the N/S rear window was not working due to a short in the motor...

I bought this from ebay - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220091279674 as my year's subscription on my last 'bought on ebay' McAfee was up. The previous one worked fine, was registered with McA. for updates etc I've tried installing it about 10 times to no avail. It gets...

I've seen a few Total garages with a new Excellium sign in my area. Trouble is they only seem to sell the Excellium Unleaded. I assume the Excellium Diesel is different to the standard Total Diesel ?

Greetings to all :cool: I have a niggling pronlem which is that i cant get the car to close or open the windows from the key fob. The car is a w203 C180 classic pre face lift. I have checked the system on the star diagnostics and it has no faults, and everything works as it should. The...

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And todays problem.... Got into the car this morning, started the engine. Dash displays coolant low in the info screen. Had a quick look, it was about 1" down from the black max limit. Oh for goodness sake.... Didn't do anything about it as I was late for work in any case. As it wasn't...

I've always put either Shell or BP Ultimate diesel in my car but due to leaving it to the last minute for my latest fill up I had to put Total Diesel in the car. I actually think the car runs smoother, quieter and marginally faster with this stuff in it. Seems to zip around a bit quicker.

At some point in the future I'm going to try a V6,I've had 4's,IL 6's,V8's and a motorcycle V4 I which all feel very different. I'm wondering if anyone here has had a problem like this or is it a one off ? I was under the impression these engines had proved very sound since introduced some 7...