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Id say if its been squeeling ,its its way of telling you :- Something is wrong Belt could be at the end of its life the sides wear and it sits lower into the pully Could be a busted alternator . A squeeling belt is slipping so it isnt charging the battery enough so these dark nights ,dark...

The good old rac will probably ...........Test the battery .........Try to sell you battery........Give you a print out of its condition . Well thats my exp of using the aa ,they send a battery assist van ( driver will be on some sort of commission for selling you a battery ) But he is...

Thanks for the replies ,i havent ruled much out at all ,i tried to remove the bumper this afternoon but ran out of light so ill resume tomorrow ,ill get the ballasts off the underside of the lamps and check all the components ,my friend can test and repair the ballast units if i remove them ,i...

Same again this mornibg ......No lights on the xenons just a little flicker ,keep tuning on and off and they finaly work :( any more suggestions guys . Well im going to remove a lamp completely from the car and have a poke around

Im thinking if the pumps were not colour coded black ,green etc. And had the words "petrol" or "Diesel" instead of "get a £4.99 crappy torch with built in ear cleaner" written on them . People would have to think "hmmm which one do i need" then maybe this mistake would never occur as it...

Did you manage to fix this?

Any more progress?

Hehehe PFM indeed ! :bannana: Thanks for the fuse location BTW I owe you a beer ,Or im going to pop £10 in the Help for Hero's Box :thumb:

Well im back in brrrrrrrr . All the fueses are ok few 15a and a few 7.5a removed checked for continuity all fine :( BUT i tried the lights and got a small flash from both :dk: so i re tried them about 15 times and the passengerside came on ! So i turned them off and on really fast...

oooo i didnt know that ,im going to look right now i know its dark and raining and really damn cold but im excited , is this a normal when you get your first merc? :rock: Everything is crossed !!!!!!!

Hello all .ive introduced myself in the new user section and its my first merc ever ! I have purchased a 2002 E240 advantgarde 2.6 v6 with 214k drives like a new car ! i was shocked ! full service history from wolverhampton merc dealers well ive posted a pic in the gallery and in the...

Hi,and Welcome

Hi,and Welcome

Welcome ,its great here ,im new to this aswell Sounds like a bargain

The sheer amount of contaminates ,diesel ,oil,coolant and god knows what else on the road surface ,ive never heard of a tyre dressing product to stay on a tyre tread for more than a few miles ive slapped it on most my cars over the years and have never had this problem or ever heard of anyone...