Pipe leak due to corrosion. Its the pipe from sphere going to the rhs strut - or else going to the height control valve. W124 TE Estate 1992, 1997cc engine. All the connectors / joints seem very corroded and unsafe. Most of the fluid has leaked out - car very bounncy etc.and...
I have a serious thump from the rear nearside suspension. I have changed and checked loads of parts and it is still the same. The car is a 2002 c220CDI estate with self-levelling suspension. The bit I am unsure about how to test is the rear hydraulic strut (the thing that looks like shock...
My W124 estate has corroded rear suspension pipes (from spheres to struts) and a broken valve control rod on the self levelling suspension. I took it to the garage to have work assessed and parts ordered. On the way back, the offside pipe leaked hydraulic fluid. The car soon dropped onto its...
Just in case anyone needs a replacement control module for their W210 Xenons, I have one on eBay at the moment: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200021830454&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:UK:11
Part number: A2108206126
It's an L-reg (93/94) S280 SWB and dropping hydraulic fluid like an incontinent schoolboy. The owner thinks it's a leaking self-levelling suspension line under the FNS wheel, not brake fluid. I wasn't aware that model had self-levelling suspension. (The rapidly emptying reservoir is on the front...
I just bought my 300TE 4matic last week knowing I was going to have to sort out a few things, one of which is its abysmal ride which is best described as choppy.
I noticed that the hydraulic fluid reservoir was very low and the vacuum spheres seem prime candidates for overhaul. However, I...