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Hi guys, so i think the water pump has gone on my 1998 C180 Espirit. only noticed it tonight when i ran out of petrol and went to tie on a tow rope. :eek: Got some fuel tho!:bannana: it seems as tho it inly leaks when the engine is off. any advice, i could do with getting it sorted asap but...

I just got a call from my wife, the E class has broken down. Apparently lost all power while going up a hill and now will not restart. It is showing 1 malfunction ASR. The AA except it to take an hour to arrive and then I am not sure what they will do as we only have roadside assist. Which says...

Hi all, I've just stripped my windscreen wiper cowling off to lubricate the inside. This is a mono - wiper model. Trouble is, some twerp broke the fixing lugs off the intermediate piece of plastic cowling ! (the long narrow bit on the bottom of the wiper arm) I don't s'pose I can get a new...

Driving my car a few days past, just cruising along in no real hurry. Join a dual carrigeway and decide to spped up a bit, so i push down on the go faster pedal and nothing happens! puah a little more............still nothing! Push the kickdown right to the floor and still, absolutley...

Driving home last evening, the engine on my car switched off, managed to get to the side of the road, but the car would not start. Called out RAC and when they arrived............................... youv'e guessed the car started. Later that evening I had to go out and the car would not start so...

Hello peoples! Just got off the phone to MB repair shop who have informed me that whilst accessing the transmission to replace the oil a casing bolt froze resulting in the head shearing off :crazy:. (Thats no good I thought but at least a new bolt will fix it) He then proceeded to tell me that...

Why, why, why ... I have N reg (1996) c180 with 93k miles. When i bought the car it was making some kind of rattling noise and overheating. I asked a friend for advise he advise me to changed the chain tensioner and i bought haynes manual and as it describes i changed the tensioner. When i...

My air con had stopped working about a month ago, but because of the weather just past.. (Remember the days of great british summer:rolleyes: ..) i thought i would hold back on repairing it. Meantime the ventilation fan started playing up, working when and if it felt like it....then stopped...

Took car in for an Air Con leak check and re-gas as no cold air. After 10 mins the service manager came back with some bad news. Apparently the compressor has blown up (his words) which would mean metal bits would have entered the whole system, so advised the following: Replace compressor...

I Have A 280s W108 And The Wiper Linkage Inside The Dash Has Broke ,i Know This Because I Took The Glove Box Out And Can See The Arm Attached To The Wiper Motor Broke In The Middle And Moving Around Freely.has This Happened To Anyone Else And Does Anyone Know How Much Of The Dash I Have Remove...

Hi All, 99 CLK320 cab.. I opened the roof part way to see if I could find the gps wire to pull through to the new HU. I have stopped it half way before and no issues. This time the hard cover that comes down came down and the roof (under it's own weight) slowly dropped. I thought all was well...

Right now my pee is boiling.:devil: Got a call from security this afternoon that some one broke into my car. We have an over flow car park provided by Slough council. Turns out that some **** broke the fuel flap and sucked out 50 ltrs of fuel into a Jerry can. This must have been quite heavy...

Hi Everyone, Was cleaning the car yesterday, and decided the clean around the sunroof by opening it up. After cleaning, was closing the sunroof and something CRACKED!!!! and the sunroof stopped half open. Opened it back again and after looking around found that the black plastic lever type...

Just as i have started my mods and ordered my bodykit for my SL500 i hear this massive shearing sound followed by a series of clangs. :eek: Slowly pulled over, got out of the car and saw steam pouring out the front, a small dent protuding out of the bonnet, water dripping from under the car...

Today I was changing my brake fluid. I comitted the first cardinal sin by using a one man brake bleeding kit, and having the resevoir on it lower than the car brake fluid resevoir. In the morning I'll be getting some new clear plastic pipe, connecting it up to my trusty plastic squeezy bottle...

sorry if this is in the wrong tread. I have just bought a 123series 230E auto petrol , and i am having a problem with starting it . 3 out of 4 times it will start no problem but sometimes when i turn on the ignition the fuel pump does not come on and so will not start and has to be left , if...

Hi all Being rather an inpatiant person I wanted to change the plugs on my 230te as it was idling a little odd. I couldnt wait till the service next month so i decided to 'ave a go myself'!. I managed to pull a ht lead compleatly out of its rubber socket thingy oopps! the strange thing...