semi

I own a A170 CDI semi auto 1999, recently i noticed that the car lacked power (high revs, slower acceleration) in all gears. It runs fine for the first 5 - 15 mins (cold start) once the engine has heated up it struggles. causing problems on motorways when picking up speed/overtaking. When the...

My last oil change used Shell Helix semi (its had Castrol magnatec all its life from the service book) and its has been fine. Car is c180 petrol and done 120K but engine in v good order - does not use oil. Was wondering if I should carry on with the same semi oil change or use fully synth. But...

Recently borrowing an A140 for a few days and it's one with the rather pointless design of a semi auto gearbox, that is, its like a manual but without a clutch, most of the time its fine and engages all gears normally but sometimes it won't go into any gear even if you try and force it, then...

Hi all OK I can't afford the kit to integrate my IPOD (6th gen) with my comand 2.5 (unless I'm missing something) and I would like bluetooth availability for my mobile. Does anyone have any experience of the Parrot kits available especially the MKi9100 I'm considering? The display should...

Hi If anyone out there can help with this it would be very much appreciated. My wifes A Class has developed a fault on the semi automatic clutch system. When you start driving it after a while "F" appears on the gear selection panel and you can not find any other gear. If you turn the engine...

HI, i know the last oil change on my car used semi synthetic oil, car is a 2001 done 55k, am i ok to change back to fully synthetic for the next change? or do i need to stick with semi?? what i mean is will changing back to syntehtic cause me any problems?? Lee

In the Bangkok post today 01-02-08 they have anounced the new C class sports the CLC 200. It comes with the 7G box The CLS for 2008 was now got a face lift, with a 2 bar grill in place of the 4 bar, the new CLS base model comes as the CLS280 V6 , the CLS63 AMG stays at the top

Just been doing some research. Can anyone enlighten please that has a great knowledge of these issues? Thanks Tiptronic- allows driver to shift manually and overide automatic mode by shifting lever into a seperate tiptronic shift gate.Driver has to input up to the red line. tiptronic is...

..... so I can do an oil change on my W202 before I drive to South of France. Problem is, there are so few stores near me that sell it! I am looking for Mobil Super S 10w40 or similar. We have a local Halfords that only seems to sell Magnatec and their own oils, and 2 car shops, one sells Comma...

:mad: hi, has anyone had the problem with semi auto gears (a class 170 cdi) i got an 'F' on the dashboard (must mean fault!) and the car refused to go into gear...tried again and worked ok, got a mile down the road went to change gear and the 'F' came on the dashboard again (no gears) so...

abandoned project, interior stripped, 1 sill welded up properly,fair bit left to do. manual 4 speed box M130 (carb) SOHC 2.8 litre engine with blown front crank seal (new one in package) red... right doors cut down for lightness left doors ok - but dented dash good chrome...

what is the better oil for my clk 230k full or semi synthetic also what grade ?the service booklet is a bit vague, the last md service was esso ultra many thanks

I have 4 litres of fully synthetic oil, but my car was filled with semi synthetic oil on it's last service. Can I use this oil to top up my engine, or would I be better to use semi synthetic oil and save this for my next oil change?

Just had an interesting chat with Kwikfit (as I am getting them to do an oil and filter change) who have recommended that I put semi synthetic oil in my car if it has done over 30k miles as Mobil 1 full synth is a very thin oil and may be too thin for the seals?? I'm not a very technical person...