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Hello Sweeper, quite informative of you and useful description. I have a similar problem but have not yet investigated where the leak is from. Do you maybe have some photographs of the area where your leak was from so that I may be able to run a process of elimination?

Brilliant bit of sussing out shumart. I checked the brake light switch on mine prior to its visit into the garage by testing the switch for resistance with a multi meter. I can’t quite remember the values that were displayed but I must have been content! I have always been confident that the...

Hello Clarkey, Did you manage to solve your problems? I’m looking at replacing the dampers on the rear of my viano w639. It has air sus rather than springs and I was wondering how much of a job the replacement is? I’m looking at replacing with sachs from euro at about £100 a side and by the...

So the van came back from the garage and it was suffering from a faulty rear abs sensor (little unsure if this is the same as the wheel speed sensor?) the garage reported that the sensor had suffered some sort of impact as it was clearly damaged. Most likely from something being kicked up from...

Hello Shumart, did you manage to source the problem you’re having? I am having a similar problem with a w639 on a 13 plate. ESP visit work shop, ABS and the rotating tyre symbol are showing on the dash. I’ve not delved into the depths of wheel speed sensors or steering angle or any sort of...

Also reading the invoice of works, the filter was replaced 👍

Bit of an update, I don’t know how I missed it …. The exhaust was more than slightly blowing. It was pretty much detached from where the flexi meets the DPF! Since I repaired this section of the exhaust I have not experienced the fume issue. The increased gear change revs are still present but...

I reckon the dpf sensor could be faulty especially if it’s a common problem. The high revs are a regular occurrence so that may indicate that the sensor is stuck on ‘do a regen’? Would star diagnostics pick up on this being faulty or can this be done visually? When I do get the van in to the...

No dip stick! Sounds like a ‘find out’ mission to me (the wife won’t be happy with me) 🤭 I was thinking low/wrong fluid but I’m confident the correct type was put in ….. I was also thinking that if the exhaust is blowing, could pressure somehow affect gear change? Like I said, I’ll look for...

I agree, At this stage of my rookie abilities, I wouldn’t touch engine or gearbox too much on the Merc (that’s what the old Landy is for!) I’m in Colchester and I’ve always took it to ‘Cowdray Car Centre’. They’re a fantastic team and I trust them. I’m confident that they’ll be able to solve the...

The mileage is around 132000. I had no previous problems with the gear change before that! Bit of a lazy question but where is the fill point for the ATF? As far as I’m aware the garage is packing the latest diagnostic stuff. When I took it in before Christmas it was a bit of a rush job where...

One of the suggestions made by the go to and also my thoughts was oil/diesel on the engine from previous leaks. This was a fair few miles since now and although I can’t guarantee it, I would think that the residue’s would have cleared up by now? Maybe not 🤔 this is something I can look at my...

I suppose with the smell being random, It’s maybe something to look into?! I have an obd2 reader, granted that it is a bit Mickey Mouse. Bit there is all sorts of stuff on it 🤔 one of the ‘stuffs’ is live feed (if that’s the correct terminology) and I’m certain exhaust temp is on there...

Thank you for the reply, I’ll look into this 👍

It’s probably worth mentioning that the injector seal/s were done about 1500 miles ago and the transmission fluid was also done about 2000 miles ago. I noticed ‘oil’ dripping from the box when I removed the under tray a while back and to my horror, my ‘go to’ diagnosed a rear oil seal failure...