Hi all. Hope you can help...
I have just bought myself a CLK280 convertible with the AMG sport pack etc. It's a 55 with 100000 miles on it or thereabouts (3L engine so miles don't worry me) - so, bought it on Friday, broke down on Sunday, diagnostics run by Mercedes main dealer on Monday and moved it to another garage in the afternoon....of course the seller isn't returning calls or messages but that's a different issue...
Here's my question. The car ran fine on the 100 mile journey home, then my husband drove it on Sunday and it seems to have put itself into limp mode and then cut out. We had it taken to the garage where typically it started again
Diagnostics said it needed 4 new camshaft sensors because the ones on there are gunked up - does this sound right? Can't they be cleaned and put back on? Car drove fine to the other (less expensive) garage.
They also said it might need an air injector once the sensors have been hanged...I read on another Post somewhere on this forum that these sensors wouldn't have caused the engine to cut out.....
Would really appreciate all your thoughts on this - I've basically been sold a car that has issues that I still really like and will probably keep for a while and I want to know which bits really matter and which bits I can live with....
In the meantime if anyone might be in the market for this car in the future....
Thanks all.....
I have just bought myself a CLK280 convertible with the AMG sport pack etc. It's a 55 with 100000 miles on it or thereabouts (3L engine so miles don't worry me) - so, bought it on Friday, broke down on Sunday, diagnostics run by Mercedes main dealer on Monday and moved it to another garage in the afternoon....of course the seller isn't returning calls or messages but that's a different issue...
Here's my question. The car ran fine on the 100 mile journey home, then my husband drove it on Sunday and it seems to have put itself into limp mode and then cut out. We had it taken to the garage where typically it started again
Diagnostics said it needed 4 new camshaft sensors because the ones on there are gunked up - does this sound right? Can't they be cleaned and put back on? Car drove fine to the other (less expensive) garage.
They also said it might need an air injector once the sensors have been hanged...I read on another Post somewhere on this forum that these sensors wouldn't have caused the engine to cut out.....
Would really appreciate all your thoughts on this - I've basically been sold a car that has issues that I still really like and will probably keep for a while and I want to know which bits really matter and which bits I can live with....
In the meantime if anyone might be in the market for this car in the future....
Thanks all.....