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    Black smoke on acceleration

    Hi all. My viano has had problems for a while now. It smokes heavily under acceleration. It's fumey on idle but under acceleration of over half way pressed pedal it chucks out lots and lots of black smoke. it's been to a few garages but no Merc specialists yet. I know it has a slight leak in...
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    Viano intercooler removal.

    Hi all. Could somebody tell me how to remove the intercooler please. Bumper off, pipes off, then looks like some sort of plastic clips holding it to the AC condenser, but how do I pop those off to allow me to remove it. Also how much oil in the intercooler is acceptable? After popping the...
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    Won't start after swapping all injectors for refurbished ones.

    Sorry only just seen these replies. I'm not overly sure why I jumped to cause being injectors, I figured I will be keeping this van for a long long time so even if it wasn't the cause surely a fresh set will only be a positive thing. Same as other bits I've changed. None has stopped the smoking...
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    Won't start after swapping all injectors for refurbished ones.

    So little update, and still looking for help please. I took the reconditioned injectors back and they claimed it was fuel contamination that blocked them all up, I found that incredibly doubtful, they cleaned them out and I put them back in and it started straight away, so I think the injectors...
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    Won't start after swapping all injectors for refurbished ones.

    To be honest I wish I hadn't bothered with it now. But I'm £600+ in and I'm currently in same position I was in before I started. I think one of the original injectors was potentially duff as 3 came out super easy and one (injector 3) fought me for 2 hours.
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    Won't start after swapping all injectors for refurbished ones.

    So I spoke to the injector specialist place, they gave me my old injectors back. Popped those back in and it started and ran as it used to. So next step is take the refurbished injectors back along with my original ones and ask them to refurb the original injectors.
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    Won't start after swapping all injectors for refurbished ones.

    Hi all. I have a Mercedes viano 2.2 11 plate. I have removed all injectors and then took them to a injection specialist, I was going to have them all rebuilt and then put them back on however the very knowledgeable chaps there said they already have a refurbished set on the shelf I can swap...
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    Vito/viano 2.2 engine swap

    Hi this has probably been asked many times before but could you swap the 2.2 for the 3.0 v6 cdi engine? if so is it fairly straight forward. 3.0 engine mounted to the 3.0 gearbox, do the mounting match up? or could you bolt 3.0 engine to the existing 2.2 gear box. ecu wise what would be required?
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    vito/viano not starting when cold. easy start spray works everytime though

    looking at videos it doesn't seem too difficult to change injectors, but is there any way of knowing which injector needs replacing?
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    vito/viano not starting when cold. easy start spray works everytime though

    does anybody know a good Mercedes independent or diesel specialist garage in Essex
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    vito/viano not starting when cold. easy start spray works everytime though

    was my thought too and indeed one glow plug is indicating a fault but 3 out of 4 should be enough to start the engine. I think its more to do with the rail pressure, unless the one glow plug out causes a rail pressure fault. not sure
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    vito/viano not starting when cold. easy start spray works everytime though

    Hi all I have a issue with my 04 viano. when it is cold it doesn't start, it turns over but wont start. however if I remove the air pipe and spray a little easy start and turn the key it starts every time easily, with that in mind I cant imagine it being anything major if a spray can solve it...
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    Viano running problems poor mpg

    Other than comparing the Vito to the viano I'm also comparing the same viano doing the same journey in same conditions and I'm getting a mpg as low as 23, then i might see a mpg of 32 next time. I can't understand what would cause such a drastic change, even if you were really giving it the...
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    Viano running problems poor mpg

    My Vito is a 04 115 model 150bhp dualiner and the viano is a 04 150bhp model too so same engine. Few differences being viano is the extra long one and has 8 seats and it has air suspension other than that they are identical so I would have expected a pretty similar mpg from them both, viano...
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    Viano running problems poor mpg

    I don't understand how one minute I get 30mpg then next the exact same journey I get nearly 10mpg less. I've bought some forte injector cleaner so will run that through, I'm used the petrol version on my bikes before with decent results so hopefully will help. Might give her a clean too. It's...
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    Viano running problems poor mpg

    Hi all I have a 04 plate viano, what mpg would you expect? Currently I do the same 50mile journey to work then 50miles back every day, you'd expect the mpg displayed on the dash to be the same or similar for each journey, one trip would be about 31mpg then the next exact same journey would be...
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    Mercedes Vito paint code

    Hi there I'm trying to find out the paint code for my Vito. Struggling to upload a picture. I've found the vin plate in passengers door area but I don't know which number relates to the paint code if any. Much easier if I could upload a picture..... I'll work on that!
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    help please vito battery/alternator light

    Hi all I have a mercedes vito 115, the other day on way to work the battery light displayed on dash with message saying battery alternator visit workshop, I drove it for another 30 mins to work and ended up recovery truck home. As I had access to replacement batteries I thought I'd try swapping...
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