230te

Hi everyone from Australia! 1987 w124 sits happily at 850rpm in neutral, put it in drive drops to 500rpm and goes "lumpy". buggered if I can find it but there has to be an idle adjustment somewhere? .....any thoughts most welcome.

Can anyone help? Over the weekend I starting experiencing a power loss which I can only equate to that of a slipping clutch on a manual gearbox. Although the engine appears to be running ok, acceleration is not what it should be and to get the car to acclerate at around 50-60 miles an hour, the...

I have a 1991 W124 230TE and have noticed that oscassionally when near to or on full steering lock the car feels as if it has gone over a pothole or bump in the road even though none is evident. This came to a head recently when driving though a multi-storey car park and having the car on near...

I am selling off my Mercedes brochures, which may be of interest to forum members. G Wagon - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2237784193&category=35936&sspagename=STRK%3AMESSE%3AIT&rd=1 1990 250 300 TD 200 230 300 TE & TE-24 -...

Hi, on my 230TE 1988, one of the nice features (I always thought) was when the engine is running, and the sidelights (ONLY) are on you get a brighter beam. It saves having dipped beam headlights on when you don't really need them. Recently however, this feature has only been working...

Hi, 230TE 1988 Manual have had this noise with the car for a while, with the car having been serviced etc, so it can't be too serious. The garage say it's normal !! ...but it's not very pleasant to have people say they can hear the car before they see it.!! You can't hear it with the...

Hi, My blower fan switch only works on settings 0-3, on 4 it is the same as on 3. I have no AC. MB dealer suggests I replace the switch assembly etc, estimated at £150. Any other ideas. It's not a problem in the summer, but sometimes need the extra blast in the winter! Thx

Hi An appeal for any tips and advice on driver door rear view mirror. My mirror is knackered plus internal manual adjust mechanism is missing. Have been offered very cheap complete replacement but shell is wrong colour (Hey I am not complaining!). My question is - how do I remove...

a few pics of our "old girl" 210,000 miles and still going strong Andy