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Hi all. Is anyone able to advise as to whether I've been supplied the correct front springs for my 190E 2.6, which has the 650 (sports chassis with 15-hole alloy wheels) option code? I've been supplied p/n A201 321 23 04. The car has an automatic gearbox and no air con. The story... One of...

I have a shed of an '82 W123 230E, with a failed water pump and fan clutch electromagnet. The pump bearing is noisy and the magnet appears to have swollen up and expelled some dark substance. It's also stuck incredibly tightly to the nose of the water pump. Both therefore need replacing. I have...

Hi everyone, what follows is a slightly long and rambling post, but any help would be appreciated. Ever since I've had my 190E 2.6 the throttle response hasn't been quite what you'd expect for a car of its power. The car is perfectly driveable (indeed, I've driven it over 20,000 miles in this...

Looking in manuals and online, there seem to be wildly varying figures being given for the transmission fluid change interval. Some suggest changing it every year or 15k, others (including the Haynes manual) say 36k, with no specified time interval. Does anyone know which is correct...

Hi everyone, Rather embarrasingly, a couple of weeks ago I managed to ground my car whilst reversing over a kerb. There was an almighty 'whack' as the front end came down on the passenger side, and I feared that I'd done some serious damage. Fortunately, on inspecting the car it would seem...

Tl;dr - would an oil level ~4/10ths of the way up the dipstick cause the oil warning light to illuminate, or is something else wrong? Hi everyone, When driving home yesterday in my 190E 2.6, to my horror the oil light came on. As quickly as I could, I stopped the car and shut down the engine...

Hi everybody. The air flow meter potentiometer on my 190E 2.6 is in need of replacement. There's been a problem of hesitation between about 1000-2000rpm when the engine is cold for some time now, but recently it's got quite a lot worse, so the time's come to sort it out. I'm 98% sure I've...

Hi everyone. I think the fan clutch on my 190E 2.6 has stopped working. In normal driving the temperature is fine, showing roughly 85 degrees on the gauge when fully warm, but the car gets quite hot after sitting in traffic for a while. It's been up to about 115 degrees before now, with no...

Hi everyone, Ever since I've had my '92 190E 2.6 it's had a bit of an annoying problem (or set of problems), which now seems to be getting worse. Firstly, it never tends to start very easily. It always does go, but often has to churn for a bit longer than you'd expect, particularly when cold...

Apologies for bombarding the board with so many questions, but... It looks like my 190E 2.6 has the wrong EZL unit fitted. When topping up the oil I noticed that it has "4 Zyl" written on it, which made me look a little further. It's a Siemens unit, part no. 010 545 52 32, which a quick google...

Hi everybody, I'm having some trouble removing the ignition lock barrel on my 190E. The current one is on the way out - the key has to be jiggled around to get the lock to turn, and I've read that this can quickly lead to the lock getting jammed or the key stuck. Therefore I've bought a new...

Hi everyone, The oil pressure on my 190e 2.6 is concerning me a little. At hot idle the pressure on the gauge is reading a bit under 0.5bar. When the accelerator is pressed, it quickly goes up to around 2, and at 60mph+ it reads just over 2.5. The engine has about 150k under its belt, emits no...