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Hi to everyone and thanks for the help given so far resulting in succesful diy.Here is a concern. My car E Class 270CDI avantgarde auto, it has 122k on the clock.It is used as a taxi hence constant use. The car has had a maf fitted recently and has been running like a dream as always. But at the...

Hello gents, Any pointers on this one: I've just bought a 01/51 SLK230 manual and the speedometer will occasinally die along wih the oddometer, ABS light comes on. This occurs perhaps one in five times of switching the car on. Is the ABS sensor the most probable cause? Thanks, Alex.

Hi, I have a major power loss no longer here the turbo boost. Scanned the car using Carsoft and reports P1403 Exhaust gas recirculation, HFM controlled Pressure transducer. Possible causes short circuit, open circuit ARF pressure converter and flaps to module or camshaft signal missing. I...

Hi My '01 CLK230K has had a Remus exhaust and a new stainless steel muffler put in after the old ones rusted away. I think the system is now too free flowing as I feel a significant loss of low end torque which may come from a loss of back pressure. And a recent dyno showed that I am running...

Hi Folks, I have a 2005 Diesel C200. The engine management light came on a while ago (during the freeze, this time last year) complaining about the Diesel Particulate Filter. This light turned off by itself - I'm putting this down to the filter eventually regenerating itself. Since then...

Hi Forum - Drove up to Banbury today from Oxford and my "E" class 270cdi on 54 plate - 114 K miles was its usual reliable self cruising along at a steady 60mph. Hit a bit of traffic and t/lights when I noticed the engine would not rev over 3 and half rpm! - no kick down and very poor...

I have a W reg E320 cdi elegance estate, its the first diesel I have owned and only for a few weeks. A couple of days ago I had been driving for about 20-30 miles and I noticed that it would not accelerate properly, in drive it went up the box ok if driving normally but kick down was not...

Hi Guys, I have a 05 C220 Auto Diesel. 98K I just came back from a short 100 mile trip and the car suddenly lost all of the power. The car seems to change gear very early. (For example, it will change to top gear when you reach 30mph) I am now struggling to reach 70mph and when on a...

Help, I have A170 CDI 1999, been scratching my head for days now as have lack of power problem appear under weird circumstances. It only happens when I get the car up into fifth gear and hit 3,000 rev. Once i hit the magic 3,000 in fifth gear the rest of the gears will then have this problem...

Hi All, I have an issue where I have lost the constant main beam (by pushing the indicator stalk away form the driver) I can still flash people by pulling the stalk towards the driver. Can this just be a dirty contact, if so how can I clean this. I have got hold of another stalk in case but it...

Hi, this sudden power loss appears to be a common problem. I've done the research and identified the most likley causes but i'd like to run it by you guys before is splash the cash ! lol. After a brief spell of hard acceleration the 270 diesel suddenly lost power and wouldn't rev past 2600...

Driving along in my new to me SL today on the M3, I drove over a somewhat uneven piece of tarmac/concrete/pot holes (normal motorway surface) at which point there was a Bing Bong and the dash message displays lit up red and said something about tyre pressure loss. Car felt fine so I took the...

I downloaded and installed the updates for Windows 7 (64bit) today, and have now lost the virtual scrolling on the Synaptics touchpad, where you can scroll through a screen by sliding your finger along the edge of the pad. Is it just me, or has anyone else found this? Any solutions? I...

Hey guys Can someone help here. I have a friend who's car is a 2000 Peugeot 106 (only 44k miles). A woman drove into her driver side door last week. She's admitted full liability. As she's got a hire car through her insurance plus the cost of new parts to repair it the insurance have...

Read all the threads relating to coolant loss, but don't see my problem covered. I have a '98 W210 E280 and the last couple of days I have noticed a small pool of water under the offside side front of the car. I checked the level of coolant this evening and had to replace around 0.5 litre. The...

A recent trip on the motorway resulted in my E270 suddenly losing power at around 80mph with no response from the excelarator what so ever the car went into limp mode quite scary trying to get across two lanes in mad traffic..never again..:doh: i could only use the cruise control to increase...

I had a problem with the C32 this weekend. Was driving along around 65 and sudden complete loss of power, esp warning "go to dealer" came on, I had been driving normally for 40mins, engine ran but would not rev. Pulled over engine was hunting at idle. turned off removed key re-started...

hi im new to this and looking for help ! i recently bought a 2001 (x) c240 sport auto with 66000 miles and fsh, it appears to have developed some faults in the last month and im looking for some advice! on start up from cold the brakes are near useless it only lasts for the first couple of...

Ok guys, Quick quiz... I’ve started to notice my 32 is using coolant. I flagged this about 2 months ago with the dealership but they failed to Identify anything untoward, so they topped up the header tank with coolant + antifreeze with a keep an eye on it brief. Well doing the checks I’ve...

lopes seeing as you have the ultimate in Charge Cooling Systems in your car you may be able to help me with this one! My engine bay is much to hot which rises my Air Intake Temperature to very high levels, even when stationary it runs at around 55c and at 80 mph almost 70c, I believe I am...