c240

Evening All, In the last few days there has been a strange rattling/tapping sound from the engine. I had a quick look under the hood and noticed the sound was coming from one of the pulleys. It was the first pulley on the top right of the engine. Just under the engine cover, which was...

Whilst i think about it, my car has a bit of a strange thing going on with the indicator in the mirror! i need a new lense as it was cracked when i bought the car. but when i indicate left it works fine. But when i lock the car the light flickers and barely works? That must just be a strained...

hi , i am hopefully going to be buying my first merc on saturday a 1999 c240 and i am wondering if there is anything i need to look out for in particular that is a problem with these cars ? thanks in advance Andy

Hi, I've newly (like 5 days ago) replaced the engine oil, and when I drive like half an hour slowly in the city in pops up the red warning message "REDUCE ENGINE OIL LEVEL". I've entered the dyno mode, started to drive and the oil level was between 6.5 and 8.2 litters, what can be the cause of...

Please help me diagnose this situation! My car will not work, the battery is fully charged and both key fobs have sufficient battery power but between them they dont want to correspond with one another. I open the car manually by separating the metal key from the fob and put it in the door...

Hi Guys, I filled up with a full tank of fuel last week, and reset the trip meter. I used 3/4 of a tank already and I've only covered 211 miles! (See photo below) It has all been stop/start town driving with no journey being longer than 7 miles. I've been driving normally too, haven't been...

As above in silver with light grey interior Only 68,000 gen miles some history interior excellent few rust spots in the usual places - nothing too bad - no holes !!!!!! Standard alloys with nearly new tyres plus set of 17 inch AMG reps with nearly new tyres long T &T...

Hi Guys and Girls, I prefer the look of avantegarde grills, is it possible to buy and fix 1 onto my 1998 c240 elegance? if so where is the best place to look for one, also whatabout the headlights can I also change them? thanks in advance for any comments

Brace yourself for the interior guys: 1999 MERCEDES-BENZ C CLASS C240 SPORT 4DR AUTO FULL GREEN LEATHER A shame about the Designo special interior otherwise a very well specced and low milliage W202

Both warning lights came on my dash after a 600mile trip and will not go off............................any suggestions?? Sensor of actual fault cheers guys

hi my c240 has all of a sudden started running very rough, starts ok runs fine for afew mins then idle feels lumpy and no power ! when plugged into a mates machine showing no1 cylinder misfire could somebody explain which is cylinder 1 and point me in the right direction as to what the fault...

Hi folks, new here to the forum, living in West London, just bought a 2nd hand C63 (2008 Model W204) with a nice spec and done less than 10k miles. Replaces my C240 (1999 model W202) which is staying with us as it has only done 52k miles and in mint condition. The C63 is a crazy car...

I do all the servicing work on my cars, I have searched for relative information on how to change the auxiliary belt, with no joy, could someone please give me tips?

Hi want to change my fuel filter, as yet no manual so any pointers on its location and can I change it straight over without bleeding? Cheers:rock:

Hi I have a W202 1997 C240, Sometimes when trying to over take the power dies and it coughs, was thinking of a new fuel filter to start.....Just dont know where it is?? Or is this a common fault with something else it has 75k miles part mb history and part local garage from previous owner...

Hi. I have a W203 2001 C240 Elegance and last night after parking the car I tried to start it and the remote key would not turn in the ignition. You can hear the nosie when the remote gets placed into the ignition and also all the lights and cd work fine when I turned them on as I thought it was...

we have just aquired a lovely 2001 y reg mercedes c240 2.6 avantgarde, fully loaded with all the toys, all was fine until suddenly after about 4 miles the car started to get malfunction messages, abs light came on esp warning and brake linings wearing then display faulty? the speedo then...

Hi I have just found a big big leak in the NSF footwell it's after I wash it can anyone give me an idea where it could be coming from Thanks Danny

My good friend asked me to give his C240 a service, so as the weather was good I did it today. (Got the parts over the weekend from those good people at GSF) Got to say changing the plugs was exhausting. 12 of the blighters! and 6 of them you can actually see. Tried a few combinations of...