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But the drop dwn list of colours doesn't mention OP's colour- obsidian black:wallbash:

Broken spring noise The noise you describe sounds to me very like a broken front suspension spring- all too common on A class cars for some reason :mad:. They tend to fracture just a short way up from the bottom. I'd bet that is what you are hearing! The broken-off bit is rattling around as you...

I mostly do my own maintenance, ie oil changes, brake pads, etc, but thinking maybe it was time for a thorough service, went to an indie the other day, to ask what their charges and facilities were like, and if they had the MB diagnosis kit. The guy assured me that they had the official Star...

Having been a keen amateur photographer in addition to car enthusiast for many years, now retired and with more time to play (with my Benz and my camera), I have owned numerous single lens reflex cameras over the years, including models from Pentax, Canon, and Nikon. After much thought and...

The overhead lamp in my 2002 SLK won't go off! It has 2 switches side by side- an automatic lamp control switch that is supposed to switch the lamp off a few minutes after the doors are shut, and a simple manual on/off switch, but even with the manual switch, as well as the automatic switch, at...

Just to bring things up to date.....following Dieselman's suggestion I bought 2 litres of Redex (for diesel) and poured it all into the tank when it was down to reserve, and ran the engine for 1/2 an hour. The fault code was then erased using an OBD2 scan tool and when the engine was restarted...

Very gateful indeed for you sharing your expertise, Dieselman!:) I'll get a bottle of the stuff tomorrow and try your suggeted remedy :bannana:

Thanks very much for your suggestion. When you say "run neat injector cleaner through it", does that mean stick a bottle of something like Miller's into the fuel tank, or should I remove the injector and pour the cleaner through it? (Sorry to be so ignorant, but I am not up on diesel motors..:o)

The engine warning light came on in my wife's 3 yr old diesel A Class yesterday so I had the codes read. What came up was "code P0269 1/2 G", plus the words "cylinder 3 contribution/balance". Anyone able to enlighten me further? :(

Thanks for the helpful comment. Can the car continue to be driven meantime, or is there a risk of causing serious damage? (I was in Portsmouth yesterday, incidentally, having returned from Bilbao on the P&O ferry- pity I wasn't able to consult you then, because I'm not likely to be down your way...

An amber coloured symbol, like a sideways view of an engine, has suddenly appeared in my wife's rev counter, and my reading of the owner's manual seems to point to coolant temperature gauge failure, if I understand it correctly. Can anyone offer advice or comment from their experience, or maybe...

"Access to carsoft......" :cool:Reading what Bazzle suggested about doing a diagnostic check, I was thinking about buying this bit of kit Diagnostic tool Ad..JPG Anyone tried it? It'd be good to hear your views on it, and whether it will work well with my 2002 SLK 200 Kompresor R170 (UK spec);)