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Hi guys had the c230k for a few month done approx 3k miles. Had a really lumpy idle and plugged in my code reader to find misfire on 1 and 4 cylinders. Thought i'll change the plugs and found every single plug well in the rocker cover full of oil. Cleaned them out best as possible and...

Today Acid (Brabusk8 on here) was kind enough to hold a group remap at Viezu headquarters in Birmingham. Despite numerous posts on here about guys wanting their cars remapped very few members showed up, and all I can say to those guys is you missed out! First of all Acid is a very nice guy...

The story begins on a cold, dark autumnal morn... As part of helping out my southern cousins that can't even afford petrol for their V8 such is the poverty south of the Watford gap, I decided to buy a C43 AMG to help a Londoner. I rise at 05.00 hours to prepare for my journey down south...

Got the 55 booked in for a biggy in the next few weeks as she's reached 100k. Runs fine at the moment but going in for : Full service inc plugs/all filters change. Replacing both rocker cover gaskets due to a bit of weeping. Gearbox Oil Change Diff oil change TC inspection Brake Inspection (...

Well my daughter's christening is coming up this weekend and it's about six months into my ownership of my E class estate, so I thought it deserved a slightly more comprehensive job than usual from the mobile valet. As a tribute to the chap who turned up while it was still dark and worked away...

Hi all! Posted this at mbworld, thought i'd repost here for everyone! Took delivery of the CLS a few weeks ago and thought i'd share pics for current and potential customers to drool over, and more importantly show some of the changes I noticed in the 2013 model year car. Please note, I am...

Hello all. I am looking for some help with a gearbox issue with my CLK. The story is that on Sunday I went out with the family and while on the motorway the orange engine light came on. All seemed fine so stupidly I carried on driving and headed for home. After a short while the gears started...

Hi all, I've got a 2005 SLK 200 R171 which has 17" wheels on it. What size (larger) wheels can I put on without needing any modifications? Thanks in advance.

With stops for bottles and nappies around a nine hour day - Reims to Valence with a wide swing out East to avoid traffic around Lyon and the 'autoroute du soleil'. Mainly cruising at a'rounded up' French NSL which explains the fuel consumption. Last two hours were some of the fastest and most...

Hi every one just entered the mercedes fraternity buying myself a s320l cdi on an 05 well impressed so far

I only recently discovered that these guys are very near to me. I was in two minds whether to buy a DA polisher having been thinking about it for ages or to get my paintwork corrected professionally (probably by them). Anyway I took the plunge and bought a DA polisher and took their advice on...

Hi. I have not been a member for very long and I have been astonished by the amount of very useful information I have found abouit my CLK. With out this group I would have been lost and not know what to do. I want to say thank you to all the members that take the time and trouble to post on...

Well finally did it, been toying with the idea of a remap for a while, pal of mine had his done, same car as mine, we got on motorway both doing 60 mph, both floored the throttle & he left me for dead :eek: I was waiting for his fuel consumption to suffer but his actually improved, I had the...

We have a young Norwegian couple staying here who own a 1989 190E with.......425,000 kms on the clock!!! and still running like a good'un. Doesn't use oil and has a 4 speed box.

hi guys i have just picked up my standard roof up from the bodyshop as im replacing my pano roof as i prefer the tin-tops on my 98 sl280.the problem im having is it will close perfectly at the rear but the front 2 hinges wont close the roof properly. has anyone experienced this before or know a...

The current thread on the C55 consumption has revived one of the questions that has had me puzzled for ages. Take two cars of the same model but with different engines, say a C180 and a C55. Have them drive side by side at 70mph on a motorway. They are not accelerating, they are both...

A young lady decided to reverse into me this afternoon, it shook her up quite bad. I was behind her in traffic at a T-junction when she went to go right, a car happened to be coming the other way so she slammed on the brakes and reversed back towards me at a funny angle. I blasted the horn...

Well, it took a while, but finally I've got a job to do on the car. the problem is described here - M104 SLS Reservoir Leak However, the solution, not so much. Since that three year old thread, has anyone got experience of this? If it's a case of changing a few hoses, is that it, therefore an...

Got back from our 5 week Russian trip late last night. Based on the past experiences with my 211, I was expecting a flat battery to greet me this morning... Went down to the car, first surprise....doors unlocked...... cautiously placed key in ignition....FIRST TURN - roared into life!! Not...

I got the car in December, not really had the weather or light to do much until the last couple of weeks. So I spent 7 hours last Saturday cleaning and polishing. The stuff and routine I used was as follows, 1. Sprayed the wheels with neat G101 and rinsed off. 2. Sprayed the paintwork with...