sandyhen
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Can anyone help me with my SLK230 (R170 - 97) I have had the car for 19 months and adore it. For about the past 8 months I have felt the car has lost some of its "umph". Last week the coolant level indicator came on and despite the fact the water level was okay, the light has come on intermittently since. I therefore gave the car to the garage to do a diagnostic on it and they stated the car had stored faults for the gear box, air conditioning, and cooler system. They cleared the faults and they have since stayed clear. They did however give me an estimate for the replacement of the kompressor, poly v belt, spark plug etc, stating that the clutch was failing to kick in (how would they know this??) and that this is what would be causing the loss of "umph". Cost for this being £3k. My boyfriend is often found under the bonnet of his own cars and is willing to try and sort the problem out with the help of this thread, before we could possibly be throwing a lot of money away, we were wondering whether it is possible that the coolant level indicator is sending a fault signal to the ECU to prevent the supercharger from kicking in, in a sort of "self preservation" mode. All help and advice will be greatly accepted and appreciated. Spanners to the ready! Thanks, Sandy
Can anyone help me with my SLK230 (R170 - 97) I have had the car for 19 months and adore it. For about the past 8 months I have felt the car has lost some of its "umph". Last week the coolant level indicator came on and despite the fact the water level was okay, the light has come on intermittently since. I therefore gave the car to the garage to do a diagnostic on it and they stated the car had stored faults for the gear box, air conditioning, and cooler system. They cleared the faults and they have since stayed clear. They did however give me an estimate for the replacement of the kompressor, poly v belt, spark plug etc, stating that the clutch was failing to kick in (how would they know this??) and that this is what would be causing the loss of "umph". Cost for this being £3k. My boyfriend is often found under the bonnet of his own cars and is willing to try and sort the problem out with the help of this thread, before we could possibly be throwing a lot of money away, we were wondering whether it is possible that the coolant level indicator is sending a fault signal to the ECU to prevent the supercharger from kicking in, in a sort of "self preservation" mode. All help and advice will be greatly accepted and appreciated. Spanners to the ready! Thanks, Sandy