How good is the clk 230k?

[will lam]

I just test drive a clk 230k vert and to be honest was very disappointed. Are they meant to perform well? This one I had tested felt there was no go and also a delay when you put the throttle down.

Also when to test drive a 320 and the car was a lot more responsive and smooth

Any advice would be appreciated

Thanks

 

[flango]

There's something wrong with that 230 then as when you nail it and the supercharger comes in it takes off like a scalded cat if the car was an auto its the gearbox that's the issue and bogs the car down much more than a manual the 230 with an auto box is not a happy marriage the vert is also a lot heavier than the coupe

320 should feel smooth and brisk and is much more suited to an auto box both cars should hit 60 mph in under 10 seconds

 

[markjay]

'Delay before acceleration' is a known issue across the range and it is a characterstic of the 5-gear autobox TCU of the period. Not great, but not a car fault as such.

 

[will lam]

Yeah it sometime went and then other times it didn't do anything when the throttle went fully down.

 

[rifiki]

Get the V6 version, cracking cars.

 

[mbenz1]

In the 320, there is a acceleration lag but its mostly observed when doing a kickdown. Say the car is cruising at constant speed or car is accelerating with light/medium load and suddenly push the pedal all the way, there will be a lag of roughly 1 second, after which, the car will then fly.

In general driving, the lag still remains but it should be a fairly small period,maybe 0.5 secs to be specific.

 

[flango]

You can take the lag out u tweaking the throttle pot to make it more responsive several ways of doing this. My BIL 1999 320 had zero lag when he'd finished tweaking

 

[markmifsud]

You can take the lag out u tweaking the throttle pot to make it more responsive several ways of doing this. My BIL 1999 320 had zero lag when he'd finished tweaking

how do you "tweak" it? I guess this is all that the Sprint Master device does at a ridiculous price.

 

[jaymanek]

Sounds like the 230 had a faulty Mass Air Flow Sensor. Common problem and now seem expensive compared to the price of the cars. Around £200 I think from Euros.

People fit cheap chinese ones and they work for 5 mins.

 

[flango]

how do you "tweak" it? I guess this is all that the Sprint Master device does at a ridiculous price.

Rather than me guess I'll ask and post back but it was cheap and cheerful and did the job in the same way sprint master would

 

[flango]

Sounds like the 230 had a faulty Mass Air Flow Sensor. Common problem and now seem expensive compared to the price of the cars. Around £200 I think from Euros. People fit cheap chinese ones and they work for 5 mins.

Bosch ones in Germany €130 about £99 good old rip off Britain