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    W124 seven seat conversion kit

    Not sure if pimping my own auction is allowed, and I wouldn't normally, but thought someone here might be interested. I've got an Ebay auction for a 7 seater conversion for W124 estate, mushroom leather, facelift pattern. Buyer to collect from E2. Mercedes Benz 7 seat kit for W124 estate...
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    Genuine Mercedes 17 inch Mekab alloys and Good Year tyres to suit W124

    I've got a set of four genuine Mercedes Mekab 17 inch alloy wheels to sell. These have Good Year Eagle F1 Asymetric 2 tyres in a size to suit a W124. Hardly any miles on them as I sold the car a couple of months later. Pointed star centre caps are included. They have previously been spray...
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    1990 w124 300te-24

    Sold!
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    1990 w124 300te-24

    I've bought a Porsche and I only have one parking space at my flat, so my excellent W124 Estate has to go. Painted in Smoke Silver metallic with mushroom leather upholstery. Loads and loads of detailed pictures are here https://www.flickr.com/photos/bluequinn/sets/72157651028371800/...
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    Wheeler Dealer New Series

    I hope they go off-piste a bit. There are far too many shows doing what are, apart from the styling, basically identical cars - body-on-frame, v8, autobox & live axle. There's only so many times you can see the same issues being fixed in the same way and still remain interested. That's why the...
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    W124 300TE-24 stalling

    I haven't noticed the ABS light go on, just when it stalls, all the lights come on, just like when you first turn the key
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    W124 300TE-24 stalling

    And so my engine woes continue. Having had a good few weeks of a perfectly functioning car it's decided to break again. This time it's stalling. Doesn't matter if the engine is hot or cold. It runs perfectly smoothly but at parking speeds, or when stopped at a junction (!) the engine just...
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    W124 M104 bogging when warm + fuel leak

    Oh, and regarding the garage, the rest of the service has been done and it's driving well, they replaced all the bits I asked them to. They had 4 other W124s in at the time, so they should know what they are doing.
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    W124 M104 bogging when warm + fuel leak

    Thank you to everybody who suggested looking at the dizzy cap and rotor. I replaced them both today with new Bosch items, and took the car for a road test, and it is now running perfectly under all load conditions and at all temperatures. The old cap had arcing corrosion marks all round, and the...
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    W124 M104 bogging when warm + fuel leak

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    W124 M104 bogging when warm + fuel leak

    Just took the air cleaner off so I could take some hi-res photos, and had a look at the external state of the dizzy cap. It's too bloody cold to stand The servicing work that the garage claim to have done, does appear to have been done. The air filter and temp sensor are new, and removing the...
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    W124 M104 bogging when warm + fuel leak

    Whilst there is a 6 year hole in its history from 2006-2012 the last documented change of rotor arm was 15 Dec 1997 at 143,607 miles. I'm not going to name and shame the garage just yet because I haven't had a chance to talk to them about it. Unfortunately late last night my wife was rushed...
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    W124 M104 bogging when warm + fuel leak

    I haven't discounted anything yet, but that's because I don't know what to discount. If it was an HT problem, would it also occur in neutral? Can I discount anything (fuel pump, EHA valve, OVP, FPR, dizzy) on the basis of: 1. it starts and idles fine. 2. there doesn't seem to be a problem...
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    W124 M104 bogging when warm + fuel leak

    It manifested itself on the way home from the garage. I'll have to ring them tomorrow. I'm not wild about the prospect of throwing yet more money at loads of diagnostics. I was wondering about any tests I can do to eliminate various things - e.g. Disconnect or short the EHA valve
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