Hi Guys,
Long time lurker, never needed to post until now, hoping you can help.
I have a 2008 c220cdi (w204), pre DPF I believe.
A few months ago the car began chucking out plumes of smoke with the gear engaged and foot on the brake, this was diagnosed as fault injectors and 2 were replaced. I still believe there is an issue as the car will still smoke now and then, not so heavily, but seems to coincide with when its warm, my indy hasn’t been able to replicate the issue so I’m just living with this for now.
Around the same time the car started smoking, I noticed it had reduced low down power, as in you put your foot down and nothing for a few seconds, just creeping until a bang of power like the turbo just kicked in. At first I thought it was just me, but car will barely move from standstill on a hilly road (its dangerous), the same when just reversing into my driveway if I stop it at the point of the incline and try to move. In gear and once rolling, the car seems fine and picks up as normal to motorway speeds.
I’ve spoken to my indy about this, again, he thinks the car is fine but I know for sure it’s not.
The car has extensive history from MB and has wanted for nothing, it sits at around 80k.
I’m not really sure where to take it from here, the indy has checked fault codes and assume its all good, don’t fancy having my pants down at MB – are there any checks a non machinal person can make? I’ve been reading about split hoses, egr’s etc
Where to start??
Long time lurker, never needed to post until now, hoping you can help.
I have a 2008 c220cdi (w204), pre DPF I believe.
A few months ago the car began chucking out plumes of smoke with the gear engaged and foot on the brake, this was diagnosed as fault injectors and 2 were replaced. I still believe there is an issue as the car will still smoke now and then, not so heavily, but seems to coincide with when its warm, my indy hasn’t been able to replicate the issue so I’m just living with this for now.
Around the same time the car started smoking, I noticed it had reduced low down power, as in you put your foot down and nothing for a few seconds, just creeping until a bang of power like the turbo just kicked in. At first I thought it was just me, but car will barely move from standstill on a hilly road (its dangerous), the same when just reversing into my driveway if I stop it at the point of the incline and try to move. In gear and once rolling, the car seems fine and picks up as normal to motorway speeds.
I’ve spoken to my indy about this, again, he thinks the car is fine but I know for sure it’s not.
The car has extensive history from MB and has wanted for nothing, it sits at around 80k.
I’m not really sure where to take it from here, the indy has checked fault codes and assume its all good, don’t fancy having my pants down at MB – are there any checks a non machinal person can make? I’ve been reading about split hoses, egr’s etc
Where to start??
