New MB owner.Help needed in Wandsworth,SW London ;-(`

[Woollffiee]

Hi all,
Purchased my 1st ever MB in Jan this year. It's a mint 2000 CL500 with only 73k on the clock. It is such a beautiful car to drive, I just hope that it wont break the bank with failures for its age.
As it happens it has just had it's 1st fault. Whilst driving it will, suddenly cough & splutter as if there is a fuel block, it will, after a while suddenly respond & then speed up due to my foot on the peddle,then slow & stop!!!!If I'm luck she will get over it & continue. This has happened when I have being both stationery & driving through town!!!!
Once I have pushed the beast to the side & tried to avoid all eyes looking at such a beautiful car with laughs & titters, I try to start her up. It sparks as if it will kick in, but then dies.....this happens after each attempt. I then leave it for a while which can be anything from a 1-3, to maybe 10-15 mins!!!!!! But it will eventually spark to life.
I haven't lost the skip of the heart when I see "mercy" on the drive,but I have decided to leave her at home 'til I can find a good MB garage near to me in Wandsworth, that is both reasonably priced & comes highly recommended by such seasoned owners on this forum

Regards,
Woollffiee :bannana:

 

[d w124]

Hi and welcome to the forum.I has the same problem with a car before and after changing the petrol filter,was all good.

 

[grober]

Faulty crank position sensor is a possibility, but symptoms are of fuel starvation. How long ago was the fuel filter changed? Might also be an idea to drain the tank and try some fresh fuel at the same time. After that you are into "star "fault codes territory. Altho expensive at first sight, in the hands of an experienced tech, it could save you a lot of cash in the long run.

 

[d w124]

Woollffiee:Would SE23 London be any good?That`s where i get my car serviced and can`t recomend them high enough

 

[Honey Bear]

AMC. I use them all the time. Fantastic work. Never unhappy with their work. They are in wandsworth too. So it shouldn't be too far. A distant friend took her sl500 there. She came back amazingly happy with the service. I haven't been in a while now, but I've never witnessed their standards drop.


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Try these guys in SW17. I went to them a few times when I was living in Balham.
They have Star and will be able to diagnose any problems once you get the car hooked up.

 

[steve333]

As your car is a 2000 reg getting the codes read on star will probably not show any fault re the cps(crank position sensor),i know this because my car was in mb guildford last week & although my cps was faulty,nothing showed up on star(was told pre 2003 cars don'tshow cps faults on star though stand corrected on that).Getting back to the symptoms of your cars fault it really doesn't sound like classic cps problems,as for a mb specialist near Wandsworth,if you are looking for a main dealer then MB brooklands is probably your nearest,good luck & hope it's nothing too expensive

 

[cyberflex]

Similar "Hell" in a 2001 C320. Turned out to be fuel filter collapsing internally within days of installation, replaced CPS inbetween aswell, happened again, shortly afterwards, fuel filter changed again to one of same brand as originally fitted during service, same thing happened again within days!!!!
Finally, changed fuel filter to a Bosch one from ECP and all has been well for months. Try a Bosch or Hengst fuel filter from ECP, failing that try new CPS.
HTH

 

[Honey Bear]

As your car is a 2000 reg getting the codes read on star will probably not show any fault re the cps(crank position sensor),i know this because my car was in mb guildford last week & although my cps was faulty,nothing showed up on star(was told pre 2003 cars don'tshow cps faults on star though stand corrected on that).Getting back to the symptoms of your cars fault it really doesn't sound like classic cps problems,as for a mb specialist near Wandsworth,if you are looking for a main dealer then MB brooklands is probably your nearest,good luck & hope it's nothing too expensive

I believe there is an MB dealer just off Wandsworth roundabout. Never been there. Nor do I know anyone that has.

 

[C43AMG]

When i lived in Battersea i used AMC, highly recommended.

 

[Simba]

I have used James Leigh in SW19.I found them to be very good.