MercFanUk
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Would seem odd to be a Cat D if thats all thats wrong? I mean wet carpets and a conrod? I know insurers are stingy, but not that stingy surely lol
vincenz
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I always read adds like this and think if it is so cheap to fix why isn't the seller doing it themselves.
Usually because there is more involved.
Nice colour though.
Usually because there is more involved.
Nice colour though.
that car will be plagued with electrical problems in its later life.
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Is the seller the guy that owned that black E55 with loads of tuning stuff on it?
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Think so, it was an ambitious project to say the least, as jay says the electrical connectors will be fudged, they are simply not designed to be exposed to so much water.
It’s a long story really, I have a salvage licence so every now and then I pick up cars that I like with very minimal damage, I am in a catch 22 as I was thinking of upgrading to this 2009 CL500 from my 2004 Kleemann e55, but, and it’s a big but, my wife wants me to keep the e55 plus she doesn’t like cars of any colour, they’ve got to be black!
It’s a CAT D light damaged repairable but owner was given the option to cash in and purchase a new one, pay out was £60k approx, it’s very standard stuff, I would cash in if offered, indeed I have and then purchased the very same car back from the insurers and repaired it.
I do know that all engines are now not over engineered as they once were, so any small amount of water sucked in to a modern engine will hydrolock it, this car was fired up and does run (not advised) so the engine is fixable according to Crewe Engines V8 specialists, the thing I had to check was the type of coating on the bores just in case the damaged con rod one needed honing, all a bit technical for me but I’m told possible rather than a replacement engine.
As you can see from the picture, there is very little electrics under the carpet to get wet, all modern cars don’t carry electricity now just signals, any airbag connectors are sealed in rubber waterproof connectors and were obviously 100% dry, the brown connector blocks are just 2 copper strips behind the block, nothing in there to worry anyone about.
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I like to here peoples opinions but I can assure you all this car has been on 2 star systems and there are no faults with the car and everything works, the idea that faults will develop is the stuff of yesteryear like my fathers belief that we shouldn’t buy automatic cars as you’ll have nothing but problems.
The question is should I lose the e55 for the CL500? Should I repair the CL500 and then sell it? Or just leave it for someone else to fix, there are lots of people that have their own garages that may want to do the job themselves!
It’s a CAT D light damaged repairable but owner was given the option to cash in and purchase a new one, pay out was £60k approx, it’s very standard stuff, I would cash in if offered, indeed I have and then purchased the very same car back from the insurers and repaired it.
I do know that all engines are now not over engineered as they once were, so any small amount of water sucked in to a modern engine will hydrolock it, this car was fired up and does run (not advised) so the engine is fixable according to Crewe Engines V8 specialists, the thing I had to check was the type of coating on the bores just in case the damaged con rod one needed honing, all a bit technical for me but I’m told possible rather than a replacement engine.
As you can see from the picture, there is very little electrics under the carpet to get wet, all modern cars don’t carry electricity now just signals, any airbag connectors are sealed in rubber waterproof connectors and were obviously 100% dry, the brown connector blocks are just 2 copper strips behind the block, nothing in there to worry anyone about.
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I like to here peoples opinions but I can assure you all this car has been on 2 star systems and there are no faults with the car and everything works, the idea that faults will develop is the stuff of yesteryear like my fathers belief that we shouldn’t buy automatic cars as you’ll have nothing but problems.
The question is should I lose the e55 for the CL500? Should I repair the CL500 and then sell it? Or just leave it for someone else to fix, there are lots of people that have their own garages that may want to do the job themselves!
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I would now be rather bothered about the damage to the cylinder that running it with a broken conrod might have inflicted. You can't press a new sleeve in if the cylinder wall is damaged.
Also expect the crank and big ends to have taken a beating, and possibly the main bearing caps and bolts.
Also expect the crank and big ends to have taken a beating, and possibly the main bearing caps and bolts.
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Love that colour 
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I agree. So what's a replacement engine from a breaker?
All in if the labour element can be swallowed it could be a nice car. I agree about the colour, nice.
I wonder how much a 420cdi engine, box and diff is?
All in if the labour element can be swallowed it could be a nice car. I agree about the colour, nice.
I wonder how much a 420cdi engine, box and diff is?
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The trouble with the CL is that by the time you've fixed it the depreciation is so steep what will it be worth? Current value? £40K? six months down the line after many hours with bleeding knuckles, a Cat D car?... who knows?
If you bought it, fixed it and kept it for many years it would sort-of make sense but I'd rather play safe and have one of these with a warranty...
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If you bought it, fixed it and kept it for many years it would sort-of make sense but I'd rather play safe and have one of these with a warranty...
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A garage local to me towed in a Range Rover Sport TDV6 a year or so ago.
It had been in a flood and stalled.
The engine still ran but no one had told the insurers. The garage proprietor fancied the car so offered the insurers to buy it.
I'm not sure what happened, but they turned him down and wrote it off, he then proceeded to pour water into the air intake to kill it, apparently it took about 2 or 3 minutes before it died!
however, that one was riddled with electrical gremlins, but then it probably was before it left the factory.
It had been in a flood and stalled.
The engine still ran but no one had told the insurers. The garage proprietor fancied the car so offered the insurers to buy it.
I'm not sure what happened, but they turned him down and wrote it off, he then proceeded to pour water into the air intake to kill it, apparently it took about 2 or 3 minutes before it died!
however, that one was riddled with electrical gremlins, but then it probably was before it left the factory.
