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Car is a 05 E220 CDI with OM646.961 Engine. I need to change a leaking coolant pipe between the EGR cooler and oil cooler. I had a look at the job today and it looks like the charge air manifold has to come off which looks like a pig of a job. I had the pipe next to this one replaced a few...

I have a coolant leak that I can’t trace the source of. It started a few days ago requiring topping up twice on a 300 mile drive and now requires topping up after about 15 miles driving. There is a drip coming from the second undertray back so the leak is presumably to the rear of the engine...

I have a pretty serious diesel leak. I've taken as much off as I can around the high pressure fuel pump and I can't be certain but it appears to be coming from the overflow valve which is at the back on the bottom left. Can anyone tell me why this valve would be letting by? Is it indicative of...

Recently changed rear brake pipes and pressure bled the system. Think I may have air in the system as I'm noticing the SBC unit buzzing lot more. If someone could start their car and tell me how many brake presses they get between the SBC repressurising whilst stationary that would be...

Can anyone tell me what size(s) of ring spanner I need to remove the rear brake hoses? Obviously want to make sure I have everything I need before disconnecting anything. Also, any other tips on this job would be appreciated, car failed the MOT on rusty brake pipes up in the wheel wells. I've...

Having only once used an independent garage for servicing, who subsequently adjusted my accelerator cable and washed my car rather than service it I have not used one in the 15 years since. I have serviced all my own cars since with the exception of my old W202 that went to Merc because it...

Power steering fluid is low so bought some Febi green stuff from GSF that is supposed to be an alternative to Pentosin. Before topping up the reservoir I thought I better check the colour of the liquid that's in there and turns out it's yellow. I didn't put the Febi stuff in in case there was...

Just wondering, the additional items menu, is this to tell you what needs doing or is it just a method to tell the car what has been done regardless of whether it was due?

Gave the new car its first service (by me) today. I replaced the thermostat at the same time as it seemed to be running cool. After the job already having taken too long due to having to run out and get the special tool for the oil filter, to my horror, when doing up one of thermostat housing...

As above, cheers. Dan

The harmon cordon subs for the estate are pretty reasonably priced on ebay, certainly a lot cheaper than the sub upgrade for my old 9-5. Is it possible to fit these on to a vehicle with comand or is there more to the system than just adding a sub? Any alternative ways of doing this without...

I know this is something that has been talked about a lot on various forums, but I'd just like to pick your collective brains on whether you think doing this DIY is effective enough to make it worthwhile. This is one of the jobs I need to do on my 'new' W211 and I usually do all work myself...

So I'm a Merc owner again after an 8 year hiatus and back on this forum after my Saab 9-5 started giving me a bit of grief. Put a deposit down today on an 05 E220 estate, I told myself I wouldn't buy one unless the SBC had been replaced but after only being able to find one with a new SBC...

Off to St Lucia on Sunday and too lazy to join a travel specific forum to find out what to fill our time with. If anyone's been, any recommendations (dining, sites, dive ops, culture etc.) would be appreciated. We're staying in Gros Islet for 12 days and Soufriere for 2. Cheers, Dan

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Bought a set of wind deflectors off ebay from Germany but got rears for a saloon instead of fronts for my estate, doh! Anyone want to take them off me for £15 delivered before I put them back on ebay?

Went out to change a track rod end on my w202 today. Luckily the bolt came off easily, but after hours of hitting the ball joint with a seperator, club hammer, pry bar and copious amounts of WD40 I couldn't get the bloody thing off and eventually had to give up due to darkness. Has anyone used...

£6! Bloody cheek. Dealer came back with £1000 worth of work and then asks if I want to pay for a new service book so that they can stamp it (the old one is full). I've read it before and it ain't that good.

Can anyone tell me the feasability of fitting a steering wheel from a later model merc into my w202. I'm thinking maybe a CLK multi function wheel with the controls hooked up through an autoleads connection made for that car and my head unit. Would the airbag connections be the same?

The first A service (by me) is coming up on my w202 c220cdi. I've been ringing around the local merc dealers and have had Hertford quote me £285 although they didn't ask the mileage, and Temple fortune quote me £201 for the A service, but add another £200 for bits and bobs that need to be done...