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Yes, I know it is an old post but.... ....it sounds like it could have been poor timing and pinking at low revs...

My 1999 MB A160 Automatic has com to a sudden halt in the south of Sydney today (I live in the north of Sydney!). We were stopped at an intersection and as we pulled away there was a "clunk" from the LHS front wheel and we ceased to move. Putting it into D or R failed to move the vehicle and...

Thanks Malcolm, I actually had a brainwave..... I unplugged the sensor for the timing chain and started the engine..... ran perfectly, so I am not sure what the hell that sensor does! Didn't even give me a warning light.

I urgently need to resolve this question as it relates to a hearing that I am attending tomorrow: Can you run an A160 engine (petrol) with the tappet cover off. Bear in mind that the sensor over the timing chain would be disconnected as would several breather hoses: Would the engine computer...

Hi Bazzle, What you say makes sense - you sound like you know your stuff. Unfortunately I took my finger off the pulse and was caught out: I have always done my own servicing, but in this case, thinking I was in the hands of those best able to look after my car and also thinking that this...

bradspau, Did you ever resolve this issue?

You might want to try this web site: http://www.aclassinfo.co.uk/mypage.1.htm

Hi Dieselman, Do you have any good references that I can read up on the theory behind the breather in this configuration? There are lots on PCV and PCV Valves but nothing on "full Load" and "idle/part" systems. I am going to 'go wild' this w/e with the pressure guage - get a few of them...

Why doesn't MB reduce the oil change interval down to 5000km if this is what happens at 15,000km?

BlackC55, I forgot to mention.... I can't access your .jpgs in your posting - it sends me to a log on site..... Alan

Hi Malcolm, You say that the car does not have an engine oil dipstick?? Well, I suppose that would solve the stained dipstick problem!

Hi BlackC55, Thanks. I have WIS.... is that where you got that information you have just posted from?? I find WIS and real problem to operate! The manual for the manual is nearly 200 pages long!!! Cheers..

Hi Glojo, We also thought that perhaps in some distant past the engine had overheated; however on fully stripping the engine and studying it carefully I noted the following: 1. No local 'hotspots' indicated by different shades of colour in the metal, 2. No evidence of having been stripped...

Hello BlackC55, Thanks for that information. It looks like you have access to some serious info sources; although I am not sure if this particular topic is relevant to my problem. What you could perhaps assist with is in trying to find out how the engine ventilation system is supposed to...

Thanks Dieselman & BlackC55, I hope you can accept my apologies Black55 and the rest of the forum. (The lengths you have to go to to get some attention around here...) I hope that I am not being lead to believe that MB is unique to this problem? As I say, not even my datsun 1200 after...

Stick your bloody forum!

Yes... but my whole point is that: a) My car has not missed a service by a MB garage, b) When it developed a knock, MB first replaced my poly belt & tensioner for $1900, then c) took the head off and when they couldn't find the problem said that my block was u/s because it had a 'score' mark...

Yes, it is related to the breather. And no, whilst I am sure rust may be a problem on some dipsticks, this is not rust that I am referring to. This is a reddish brown varnish-type substance all the way up the dipstick. I attach some photies.... Here is the sump - see the brown stuff above the...

I am requesting the assistance of all A160 (1998 - 2004) owners: Is your engine dipstick a horrible reddish brown stained colour? Does your oil get unusually dirty unusually quickly? Please take a look and let me know with a short oneliner response showing model, mileage and state of...