Philirv
Active Member
I have had my E280 since March of 2002. I bought it from a main dealer in Blackburn. Upon it's first service, the MB specialist in Reading informed me that there was oil weaping from the front and rear of the cylinder head gasket, some which was collecting at the bottom of the engine pan (Just as predicted by Honest John - see car-by-car breakdown on W124).
I drove the car for another 3 months in this condition but come the colder weather in October, I found that if the car stood still for 48 hours, that a hydraulic adjuster on one of the tappets had become lazy enough to cause a tap and a misfire. Apparently, this was caused by oil starvation caused by weapage at back and front of cylinder head.
The situation got gradually worse, so after MUCH complaints letters etc, the dealer agreed to change the gasket and the 'lazy' hydraulic adjusters. In total it cost over 2 grand to do this.
One year on, and the tap is back. I started the car yesterday after 5 days of non-use, and a distinct misfire had returned which went away after 2 minutes of running.
The car has only 76k miles on it now, and has been serviced religiously.
I'm at the end of my tether !
Has anyone had a similar experience ?
Short of selling the car, how can I solve this problem.
I drove the car for another 3 months in this condition but come the colder weather in October, I found that if the car stood still for 48 hours, that a hydraulic adjuster on one of the tappets had become lazy enough to cause a tap and a misfire. Apparently, this was caused by oil starvation caused by weapage at back and front of cylinder head.
The situation got gradually worse, so after MUCH complaints letters etc, the dealer agreed to change the gasket and the 'lazy' hydraulic adjusters. In total it cost over 2 grand to do this.
One year on, and the tap is back. I started the car yesterday after 5 days of non-use, and a distinct misfire had returned which went away after 2 minutes of running.
The car has only 76k miles on it now, and has been serviced religiously.
I'm at the end of my tether !
Has anyone had a similar experience ?
Short of selling the car, how can I solve this problem.