Recent content by Marvell

This firm racechip.co.uk specialises in plug and play performance for diesels. Does anyone have any experience in this regard? Apologies if it's been discussed before.

My First snow in a rear wheel drive car, I fitted Continental winter tyres when I had my wheels refurbished this year and must say, I was surprised at how good the car felt.

What was wrong with your E320 CDI? Please elaborate.

Thank you for the link to the Vin decoder. It does not have option code 474, it has option 926, EXHAUST GAS CLEANING WITH EURO 4 TECHNOLOGY. Does this mean that it does not have a DPF? But uses something else instead? Intriguing indeed!

I have 2006 V6 E320 CDI. Does it have a DPF fitted? I haven't the faintest idea where it would be or what it looks like. Do I have to do anything to it? I've had the car for 7 months, 125K of which I've done 11K. Runs like A dream, no problems whatsoever.

That sounds very impressive! I've got the same model, so will now make enquiries about getting my re-mapped using the Quantum system.

It's 4 months since your re-map, what are your impressions now? fuel consumption etc?

Err, what is SBC?

I bought the same car 8 months and 10000 miles ago and, apart from having the conductor plate changed on the gearbox early on due to sometimes getting stuck in 2nd gear, it has been faultless. 36mpg combined driving and 40+ on a run. The performance is addictive, andI love driving it. Good luck.

It's the V6.

That's very impressive indeed!

Some of the claimed E320/E350 CDI fuel consumption figures on this forum are very impressive. Mine is around 42mpg on motorway trips at 80mph cruise control. Tank to tank everyday driving, I get 35 to 38 mpg. I've tried all the diesel brands in my area,no real difference that I can detect...

That's the one! I've used about half of it now, can't say I can notice any difference in the car. A few years ago people were sticking old chip shop oil mixed with a bit of acetone in their tanks, what happened to all that?

I've tried all the brands on my E320 V6, always end up back with Tesco, mainly for the convenience of pay at pump! Don't notice any difference, consumption is always the same. As for engine noise, well, with the windows up and the radio on, I can barely hear the engine! So how can you tell? are...

Er, pieces of engine poking out are not good news! As for causes? Oil pump failure would be right up there.