overheating

Hi all I have recently bought a 1994 c250d (non-turbo) auto with 125k miles on the clock. The engine sems to be overheating, and the temp guage will go up to 3/4 way max. And that's only when the car is driven hard. On mild driving the car does not overheat at all. I had an AA guy look at it...

Hi having a problem with this car I think? What is normal operating tempreture for the V6 3.2? and the fan seems to be free spinning in its casing when spinned by hand? Also the temp goes far above 80 about 100 on a normal day? Is this right Thanks in advance

Hi, W208, CLK230k, 1999 facelift, 101,000 miles So a month ago, the car stalled, was generally hesitating, and would stall if left running. A STAR check found the MAS/MAF was faulty too much air was being let in. Picked up a new MAS from eBay reasonably cheap and this was fitted and STAR...

Got a weird problem with my W124 E220. When driving along in the city/motorway, the temp gauge sits nicely around 80/90 mark. As soon as I get stuck in traffic, it slowly starts going up, and the last time it went up as high as 100-110 :eek: Then it goes down again, when I start moving... Am...

have been towing my caravan over the last 2 days and have noticed a worrying tendancy for the engine temperature to hit 120 when climbing prolonged steep hills. As soon as i get to the top it comes back down to 80. Is this something to worry about? Its a 98 e300td estate with 147k miles...

Hi I had a call from a firend yesterday with a 1998 C250 Turbodiesel, he explained his car was boiling over and that it just happened all of a sudden. On the phone i told him what was most likely the cause. He was able to limp the car to my house hoping for help!!! After a cup of...

Have just acquired an E420 estate, LHD and German origin so 4.2 v8 engine. I have just driven it from Uk to Romania and an absolute delight to speed past the odd big Audi! However, it did start to overheat in traffic jams and I had to turn heating full on to avoid stalling, not pleasant when 90F...

Hi folks I have recently bought a 2000 CLK320 convertable. On my 3rd outing I noticed the temperature go from around 80 to just under 120 and rising. I pulled over before it boiled up, and lifted the bonnet. The fan was not running. Being a girly I could do no more so after 5 hours of RAC...

Mrs B is stuck with Junior B around the corner from a garage in Croydon following a sudden coolant loss (I suspect the water pump which has had an intermittent squeak for a few months..) She's put some more water in to try to get to the garage, but has stopped again due to lots of steam and...

my 500 seems to run very hot when in traffic for a while, the gauge goes almost to 120 but does not hit the red, when this happens the two fans kick in on the air con radiator, then the gauge slowly comes down. should it be running this hot ? and could the viscous be knackered, how do i test...

Hi All I have a little problem with my 1984 230E I hope someone may be able to help with: when sitting in traffic for a long time, the engine starts to overheat. It appears that the electro-magnetic fan is no longer kicking in as it should (it used to kick in at 100 degrees). From old...

Is it normal for the needle to creep over half way on the temp gauge? I've not had my C240 long but the bonnet seems to get really quite hot and the fan is not on all the time. It does kick in eventually though. Am I being paranoid or is this normal ?

Hi all! New to this forum and also new to owning a mercedes! Its great I have to say.... but only yesterday while sitting in traffic I noticed a problem :mad: The temperature gauge rises to about 80 when not moving. I got the car home and done some tests: 1) Started the car and left it idleing...

Hi all we have an alienware m9700 laptop with an amd 64 turion ml44 processor and twin sli nvidia go7900 graphics cards 256 k each & 2mb ram & twin hard drives. it was bought to assist number one son with his uni work - designing pc games - after 8 months it was continually overheating &...

I,ve read most of the posts here regarding this issue and I,m getting most confused. So I,d be grateful if anybody can help me. How exactly do I test the viscous fan is working properly. If the fan stops when the engine is running, does that mean it,s broken, or is that what it,s supposed to do...

Hi all. I have a 1985' 500SL, in the UK. I had noticed that the temp gauge sat over the 80 mark (87 - 90?) in normal driving, periodically, going as far as 100 up a hill, or in traffic, but settling back down. Up and down as load dictated. Thought - mmmm, is there a problem? So, just had her sat...

Not my vehicle but presume principles the same, and hope can get some ideas? Vehicle (Toyota Hiace) is overheating, had a new thermostat, and the radiator is cold, thought about water pump but rang Japtec who said it doesn't sound like it needs a new water pump...so any ideas? :) (And yes I...

I am writing on behalf of my son, who's at work. He has literally just bought a 1991 190E and it is overheating. My husband has backflushed rad. checked thermostat, fan etc. It has brand new water pump so I would say this was a known prob. Due to absence of oil in water (mayonnaise etc) we...

Is it possible in extreme conditions like the handbook says for the w202 to actually hit 120degrees. sunday in london after driving around for Two hours in stop/ go traffic, i came to an area where it was stop and crawl for like 30mins and my needle briefly hit 120 degrees. when i cleared the...

First of all i have just had a new head gasket and head and have bled the cooling system properly following this work. In normal flowing traffic the temp gauge reads between a tiny bit below and a tiny bit above 80 deg. On slowing for congestion, stopping for lights or stop/start traffic the...