chesterpiglet
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- Mercedes W211 E280 Cdi Sport Estate
Hello everyone.
I posted last year when I had fuel problems which largely due to the advice given on here were solved.
I am in France at the moment and due to come back on Tuesday when disaster has struck.
Last Sunday there started a squeak from the front pulleys area of the engine.This got worse over the coming days resulting in the alternator pulley wheel totally coming off today.I stopped pretty quick and the water boiled briefly but doesn't appear terminal as the car starts ok.
A friend who used to work for MB but a long time ago has had a look and when you put the pulley back on the shaft it really wobbles about and is knackered.He thought as there was the remants of a rubber seal he wondered if there was a rubber insert that has totally disintegrated.
Can I just replace this insert(if indeed there even is one).
Can I just replace the pulley?
Has anyone got a good used alternator or even an old one that I could get the pulley off?
I have seen alternators on Ebay for around £150 are they any good?
The no.on mine is a Bosch 115 with nos 0 123 510 080 and 010 154 9402 on it.
Also on any tips on how to get the alternator off.I can only see one MB hexinut on the top and I can't feel any others underneath.Also space seems quite restricted,is it a radiator out job or is there a trick to it.
If anybody is willing to chat to me about it I can phone them back from my landline to a landline.
Any help would be gratefully received as I am stuck.
Many thanks in anticipation
Regards Rob
I posted last year when I had fuel problems which largely due to the advice given on here were solved.
I am in France at the moment and due to come back on Tuesday when disaster has struck.
Last Sunday there started a squeak from the front pulleys area of the engine.This got worse over the coming days resulting in the alternator pulley wheel totally coming off today.I stopped pretty quick and the water boiled briefly but doesn't appear terminal as the car starts ok.
A friend who used to work for MB but a long time ago has had a look and when you put the pulley back on the shaft it really wobbles about and is knackered.He thought as there was the remants of a rubber seal he wondered if there was a rubber insert that has totally disintegrated.
Can I just replace this insert(if indeed there even is one).
Can I just replace the pulley?
Has anyone got a good used alternator or even an old one that I could get the pulley off?
I have seen alternators on Ebay for around £150 are they any good?
The no.on mine is a Bosch 115 with nos 0 123 510 080 and 010 154 9402 on it.
Also on any tips on how to get the alternator off.I can only see one MB hexinut on the top and I can't feel any others underneath.Also space seems quite restricted,is it a radiator out job or is there a trick to it.
If anybody is willing to chat to me about it I can phone them back from my landline to a landline.
Any help would be gratefully received as I am stuck.
Many thanks in anticipation
Regards Rob
