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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.

    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

    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

    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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