andreas_t
Active Member
Folks,
I hope you can offer me some advice. I just came back from the stealers - I had noticed in the last few weeks whiffs of smoke when stationary (hot or cold engine) and bad diesel consumption. The stealer diagnosed a faulty air temperature sensor and replaced it claiming that this will fix the heavy consumption part of the problem - I've only done about 20 miles since, so I need to keep an eye on it.
The stealer's mechanic also said that I'm burning oil ! - I questioned that, on the basis that the oil level meaures OK (8K miles since last service and no top up needed ever - another 6K to go for a Service A). MB want to have the car in for 'a couple of days' to run checks on it (£££££££ !) - I declined politely, saying that I'll monitor it and take it back if the condition deteriorates.
The truth is that I can still see smoke (not as much as before) but where's the oil coming from if the measurement is OK ? - I also thought it acceptable for a diesel to burn a bit of oil.
Any ideas on what - simple - (meaning 'cheap' - this problem comes after an injector replacement mid-December) checks I can do to verify whether this is a big problem or not ? Any advice or past experiencs will be welcome. The car is a W210 E220CDI with 87K on the clock (and just passed its MOT last week at 2.08 emissions - but the MOT chap didn't say anything about oil burning and he's usually quite thorough)
I hope you can offer me some advice. I just came back from the stealers - I had noticed in the last few weeks whiffs of smoke when stationary (hot or cold engine) and bad diesel consumption. The stealer diagnosed a faulty air temperature sensor and replaced it claiming that this will fix the heavy consumption part of the problem - I've only done about 20 miles since, so I need to keep an eye on it.
The stealer's mechanic also said that I'm burning oil ! - I questioned that, on the basis that the oil level meaures OK (8K miles since last service and no top up needed ever - another 6K to go for a Service A). MB want to have the car in for 'a couple of days' to run checks on it (£££££££ !) - I declined politely, saying that I'll monitor it and take it back if the condition deteriorates.
The truth is that I can still see smoke (not as much as before) but where's the oil coming from if the measurement is OK ? - I also thought it acceptable for a diesel to burn a bit of oil.
Any ideas on what - simple - (meaning 'cheap' - this problem comes after an injector replacement mid-December) checks I can do to verify whether this is a big problem or not ? Any advice or past experiencs will be welcome. The car is a W210 E220CDI with 87K on the clock (and just passed its MOT last week at 2.08 emissions - but the MOT chap didn't say anything about oil burning and he's usually quite thorough)