Rusty Pelican Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Back after a lengthy break Well the E30 finally got eaten alive with tin worm but it did go to a loving home who is going to do a LOT of welding on her and sort it out . So a new daily was required , had to have 4 doors this time to assist with carting my aged parents about if required . So i spotted an 06 Merc in nice " cant ever keep clean " black , Its a W203 C180K with 127,000 miles on the clock , apparently only available with very fragile timing chains , bucket loads of computer and SAM electricery issues and a thirst for fuel , road tax , tyres and every suspension bush fitted . Being an 06 its galvanised so theres no rot at all. So are ive fixed the busted fog lamp , the busted centre heater vent , the leaky boot , the borked wipers , changed both cam magnets , fixed the alarm ( didnt even know it had one until the Star test picked it up ) , Star test also picked up the Crank sensor " out of range " , that did at least sort out it perplexity to suddenly splutter and flash every dash light at me in blind panic . Basically ive swapped a very rusty but reliable motor for a very unrusty but temperamental gremlin ridden nightmare . WCPGW Shirley Knott, Skizzer, jumpingjehovahs and 30 others 27 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 That looks surprisingly fit, well done and welcome back Rusty Pelican 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangernomics Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 2 randoms please flat4alfa and GrumpiusMaximus 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 looks nice that Rusty Pelican 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They_all_do_that_sir Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Firmly into timing chain mileage there. Mine went at 100k, my mate has just lost his at 130kOtherwise one of my favourite cars I've owned. Lovely to drive. Mine was a c200k so a tad more shove but the pre-facelift so was starting to rust in the usual places.Definitely feel a lot more "hewn from granite" than the w204 that followedSent from my TA-1012 using Tapatalk Rusty Pelican 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingz123 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 I love these especially in that spec with those wheels!!! Avantgarde for the win! Rusty Pelican 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Congratulations on a good looking car. 2 years ago I ran round in this C320 CDi and it was lovely. When it arrived it had a couple of rust bubbles on the arches, but over the next 3 winter months they developed horribly, particularly the n-s rear wheel arch. My tip is therefore if you see rust, deal with it early. Meanwhile I continue to battle rust with my E30, this year I have SORNed it for the winter to keep it going a bit longer. Lankytim, Jim Bell and Rusty Pelican 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingz123 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Which year was it they started galvanising them again.....?? 2003 wasn't it from memory.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 7 hours ago, Wingz123 said: Which year was it they started galvanising them again.....?? 2003 wasn't it from memory.... I think they were part galvanised from 03 then fully from late 04 til the end Wingz123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 8 hours ago, They_all_do_that_sir said: Firmly into timing chain mileage there. Mine went at 100k, my mate has just lost his at 130k In usual Autoshite style ive no history whatsoever so ive no idea if its been done at all or if so when , it runs smooth and quiet with no rattle on start up so thats a plus at least Sent from my TA-1012 using Tapatalk They_all_do_that_sir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 9 hours ago, Six-cylinder said: Congratulations on a good looking car. My tip is therefore if you see rust, deal with it early. Meanwhile I continue to battle rust with my E30, this year I have SORNed it for the winter to keep it going a bit longer. Thanks , ive checked everywhere and theres no rot i can see , pulled the rear inner arch liners out , gave it all a good clean behind and buried it in waxoil , most of the underneath is covered in plastic sheets - even the entire floor FFS , job to see half the metalwork , great for MOTS though , could have no outer sills whatsoever but as you cant see them they cant be checked , in fact ive never seen so much random shaped bits of plastic on any car in my life . As for the E30 - God they know how to rust , mine needed two outer sills , two front wings , N/S rear outer arch , real valance , front valance , bits of jacking point and the bottom of both doors and even after that a full respray , ran sweet as though - such a shame Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfella2 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 14 hours ago, Six-cylinder said: Congratulations on a good looking car. 2 years ago I ran round in this C320 CDi and it was lovely. When it arrived it had a couple of rust bubbles on the arches, but over the next 3 winter months they developed horribly, particularly the n-s rear wheel arch. My tip is therefore if you see rust, deal with it early. Meanwhile I continue to battle rust with my E30, this year I have SORNed it for the winter to keep it going a bit longer. How on earth did that go rusty with it being an 07? Did they forget to dip it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 After a month of being stuck on 0.09 AM the clock burst into life today - it was 1 1/2 hours behind and the date showed 2003 which is 3 years before it was built , Still il take a self fixing clock any day , maybe it will get itself ready for the impending MOT , Wash itself and pay for the fuel it drinks ? Six-cylinder and richardmorris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 What happens with the chain, or is it a tensioner issue? I always thought chains were for life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 44 minutes ago, richardmorris said: What happens with the chain, or is it a tensioner issue? I always thought chains were for life. They stretch a bit and wear the cam sprockets which are made of cheese substitute , tensioner copes for a bit then its all over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 5 minutes ago, Rusty Pelican said: They stretch a bit and wear the cam sprockets which are made of cheese substitute , tensioner copes for a bit then its all over Is there a year that’s affected? My 1994 w124 passed 124124miles up to The sixcylinders this Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, richardmorris said: Is there a year that’s affected? My 1994 w124 passed 124124miles up to The sixcylinders this Saturday. Wont effect yours at all , its only the M271 engines that had this issue , you have the better car by miles Merc built these between 2002 and 2015 in various guises , outputs in supercharged and later turbocharged flavours , post 05 engines were better apparently richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted December 3, 2019 Author Share Posted December 3, 2019 5 hours ago, The Mighty Quinn said: I once had the joyous task of fixing an M271. Thankfully before the chain went but it had jumped. You can do it with the head on but the sump needs to be dropped. The chain was actually fine but the cam pulleys (weird vanos type things) can go funny and the chain can jump on a cold start. Mercedes rust? Yeah, they were 'safe' from 53 plate on but watch the rear subframe on later ones as they rust and break. German quality apparently, whatever that is. I've seen little evidence! Its better than some makes but its not prestige , things hewn from plastic would be a more realistic quote , no granite in this thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 Well the joy was short lived , after only 4 months it decided to shit the belt tensioner pulley in a mighty grand way , bearing seized and the plastic pulley span on it until it melted , flew off and buried itself into the supercharger inlet , belts royally fucked as well , now abandoned at work until i can sort the mess out HillmanImp, BorniteIdentity, Spurious and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacus Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 That's bad luck, I hoped it's not done any permanent damage and it's fairly easily fixed. Rusty Pelican 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat_Pirate Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 I wasn't aware of this chain issue with the M271 engine before now, bit worrying as Mrs Pirate's CLK is approaching 100K. Good job we've got a Vel Satis as the reliable backbone of the fleet. BorniteIdentity, stonedagain, Stanky and 9 others 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Fat_Pirate said: I wasn't aware of this chain issue with the M271 engine before now, bit worrying as Mrs Pirate's CLK is approaching 100K. Good job we've got a Vel Satis as the reliable backbone of the fleet. Common problem , more so pre 2005 apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Also more prevalent at lower mileages. Normally if it's passed 75000 then it's fine and not one of the 1.33% of 577000 that are possibly affected Rusty Pelican 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted December 7, 2019 Author Share Posted December 7, 2019 40 minutes ago, xtriple said: Also more prevalent at lower mileages. Normally if it's passed 75000 then it's fine and not one of the 1.33% of 577000 that are possibly affected 128,000 miles so far , it was still running fine until the tensioner pulley melted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 £115 and 1 1/2 hours of cussing later its alive again 124Cab, Fat_Pirate, Six-cylinder and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Reminded me of this.... Tamworthbay, DVee8, Lord Sterling and 7 others 3 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted December 14, 2019 Author Share Posted December 14, 2019 Clocks stopped yet again and its MOT time Monday , not that it will fail because its stuck in one time however the Feckin thing likes eating my money so naturally im shitting it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 Well Ingrid failed the MOT on a squiffy O/S headlight bulb ( working but fitted wrong and not by me ) Then passed the MOT after said bulb was fitted correctly.However it was a bit tight on the emissions to say the least. As Basil Faulty said in Flowery twats i think it needs a right good thrashing ? mrbenn, doug, 320touring and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 Well this is actually behaving itself - so much so the clock has worked continually since 29th Dec . Im now certain it was damp , when i got it the boot leaked and it was often misted up. anyway on the 29th i did 140 miles with the heater on boil me / sweaty driver setting and the air con on , clock started working half way in the trip and its not misted up since , i recon the air con and heat has dried the thing out ? mrbenn, The Moog and Jim Bell 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Moisture could well be the problem. I have the same with the CD player in the Volvo, it never works for the first twenty miles of any trip in winter. mrbenn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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