drum Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 If you need to check underneath and don't want to do it in a hotel car park, you can use my drive this weekend. I have tools, ramps and stuff too. I'm about 25 minutes away in Kirriemur. skattrd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 If you need to check underneath and don't want to do it in a hotel car park, you can use my drive this weekend. I have tools, ramps and stuff too. I'm about 25 minutes away in Kirriemur.Many thanks for the offer drum, but I should be OK. I'm currently in the Mercedes dealership in Dundee buying all their o rings. Unfortunately it's only 4, but it should be enough to stop the leak. Oh and £14 for 4 little bits of rubber, ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 Fuel leak fixed, it was easy to get at with the washer reservoir removed, so the inlet manifold didn't need to come off.Today I replaced the tailgate struts and "fixed" the egr by putting a bolt in the vac line to it.After doing the tailgate struts the boot lock appears to have fixed itself, which is nice.I did look to replace the glow plug I was told was faulty, but the glow plug he said was in the glovebox was actually just an empty box. I'm quite glad I didn't remove stuff to get at it before discovering it wasn't there. I tried to plug it in to the garage laptop to read any faults (glow plug and occasional ABS light) but the connector for the Mercedes ecu wasn't one I could use. I'll take it to a Merc indie to read the codes before buying any glow plugs. Just picked up some filters from ecp, £13 for air, fuel & oil filters. Air filter changed in the car park, I'll do the others next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Ok, after doing 11k miles in this I feel like a change. Brief rundownNew massive Bosch battery 2 weeks ago (£90)MOT August 21st 2015Oil/filter change 3 weeks ago148k miles - not much for these engines.2.5l 20v 5-pot OM605 ... capable of lots of power/smoke with fuelling/turbo.Cloth interior, cruise control, single wiper, electric sunroof, other stuff.Veg friendly engine - but other things to consider, saddle tanks & "o" rings. Less good:Air getting in to fuel line - infamous "O" rings. I've replaced some, but it's still getting in. The result is that sometimes the car is sluggish on hills or difficult to start, I have found that keeping the tank half full means it starts fine. Replacement "o" rings included in sale, a couple of hours messing about with it should see it fixed, but I've lost patience with it.Drivers window mech borked - The window goes down and up, sort of. The motor appears to be fine, but it's difficult to go up, I think there's a plastic cog with teeth missing, I have not investigated this as it's only just happened.Cosmetics - scratches/dents on most corners, rust on most wheel arches & it needs a good vulgalouring.ABS light is intermittent, some days it's on, some days it's off.Towbar with electrics - untestedAircon not cold - may need regas, may need more work. I use this for work and would trust it to take me anywhere.Last week I covered 600 miles in it to Ireland and back and it worked flawlessly.The car is in Lincolnshire, nearest train stations are Grantham/Newark/Lincoln. price as it is £500 ..... UPDATE: None of you wanted it so it went on ebay and sold for £720. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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