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    Advice on a Vito 112CDI 7 seater

    If it was owned by the NHS its propley as good as you get. Best thing is they dnt normally bother with big engines repairs they normally jus bung whole new units as its vital the downtime is not long.
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    mercedes vito water pump

    Iirc a dealer one is 50-70
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    mercedes vito water pump

    I can ever rember any of our techs removing a crank pully to remove a waterpump. Altho on some jobs it can has been easier to put on a two poster ramp un bolt engine and sub frame etc and lift the van away from the engine/subframe as its a tight engine bay. But been a while since we done any, Oh...
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    Advice on a Vito 112CDI 7 seater

    The 638 vito hasnt got best reputation due to rust but depends hows its been looked after 112CDI is the biggest power out put in range but as with a lot of the early CDI engines in early life suffered with injector issues which at the age is now i woildnt mind betting they have probley been...
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    New facelift Vito v/s Old

    On ebay 99.99 free delivery
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    New facelift Vito v/s Old

    Grilles should be in stock today and on ebay soon.
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    New facelift Vito v/s Old

    No its correct the viano grille have 3 or 4 slats but its the same ahape and sud be a direct replacement, i had no complaints from previous customer.
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    Genuine Parts

    Yes it was a MB course and i was skeptical to but we had samples. Its intrested me a great deal, im not here to convince people jus a bit reserch, i would like to be able to buy a couple filters and cut them open myself to cut out the unbiased MB approach, but as mainly posted here and other...
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    New facelift Vito v/s Old

    eBay My World - sparshattsmercedes Keep an eye out for chrome grille here,
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    New facelift Vito v/s Old

    Chrome grille number is A639 880 00 83/9775, EPC is miss leading as the pic shows the pre face grille the key is find the grilke which applys to XM0 which means model improvment. Also the colour code means iridam (spelling) silver but thats because the 4 grille fins are silver but the ends are...
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    Genuine Parts

    unfortunatly we werent given exact details of the fitlers i vaguely saw the part number of the MB Mid Feb Mercedes are delivering us a Pack which will contain various opened up parts inc filters and starters etc etc then il be able to supply the info you require, as for the warranty on MB parts...
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    Genuine Parts

    well obviosuly as model gets older i guess the develpment slows/stops BUT quality can still differ, ie a fuel Filter from Mercedes it made to the specs or mercedes, yet a bosch fiter maybe made from generic parts We looked at a bosch fuel filter as avaible via factoers and a Mercedes Bosch one...
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    Why do MB Dealers treat you like sh*t ?

    the sad think is it allways sales that seem to effect the preception, there are times when even the salesman i work with fustrate me, you may get a customer in buying parts who generally in converstion enquire bout new models or current offers you try and do you best help offer an opinion take...
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    Genuine Parts

    Sadly thats not the case the "OEM" from like of Bosh may not to be the latest Spec. when Mercedes spec a part that is sent to say bosch they produce it, but when Mercedes devolpe the design for any reason then send the spec to bosch again who produce it for mercedes but Bosch still make the...
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    Why do MB Dealers treat you like sh*t ?

    Its a shame so many dealers are seen in this light. but after speaking with a veiw different people it seem mainly car dealers suffer this, and commercials are so much better. I wonder why?
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