Fleet update - Will the wheels fall off? - Cookie's adventures in shiteing

[Cookiesouwest]

SLK update

I held off on a battery. Wanted to see if it would lose volts overnight.

Answer is no

Plugged in the icarsoft v1.

Comms established. A boatload of historical codes in engine / gearbox and SRS modules.

Apologies but forgot to take pictures. Mind you I doubt if anyone would want to see 15 pictures of different codes.

That many codes, in my experience usually points to a power interruption.

Cleared the codes. All warning lights now gone.

So none the wiser.

Maybe earth fault as Bear suggested. Poppy swears the key wouldnt fully turn, but I suspect that wasnt the case.

Told her to drive it tomorrow and see what happens.

So I dont really have a clue.

I kinda need it to happen again.

C-Max

Cant find my lead to connect the forscan tablet. Will try generic reader tomorrow. Its booked into garage next Thursday.

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

Was the 14.3v at idle ? Seems a bit on the high side, though I don't know if it's normal for those Mercs. Could it be over-charging ?

[Cookiesouwest]

52 minutes ago, Sigmund Fraud said:

Was the 14.3v at idle ? Seems a bit on the high side, though I don't know if it's normal for those Mercs. Could it be over-charging ?

Yes, it was idling.

I dont know what the correct voltage should be at idle.

[Cookiesouwest]

SLK - today a warning light appeared.

Then after a bit of driving it went out.

Little cookie away from home today, so I cant plug it in.

Electrical gremlins are great.

 

 

[Bear]

The rear axles on these seem prone to ABS flakiness. And because the light is behind the wheel for my eyes, I tended not to notice if it lit. The blue one did it all the time, I don't remember this one doing it.

33 minutes ago, Cookiesouwest said:

Yes, it was idling.

I dont know what the correct voltage should be at idle.

14.1-14.7 - 14.3 is spot on really, for a typical load.

[Cookiesouwest]

After a number of years faithful service the CRV has left the fleet.

Sold to a local trader. Same one who took the Merc E class at start of the year.

E class was sold on by them and is now parked in a barn, waiting its turn for being fixed.

[RoverFolkUs]

Cmax will probably be an instrument cluster fault based on those symptoms 

[Cookiesouwest]

2 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Cmax will probably be an instrument cluster fault based on those symptoms 

Your spidey senses are pretty good.

Plugged in and no codes.

So, a cluster issue is most likley.

Time for some soldering. Not me though. I cant solder lol