Boydonegood
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- Aug 13, 2012
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- Location
- Rainham Essex
- Your Mercedes
- CL500 2002 & C350 CDI 2010
Ok, not so much a question, but maybe a hail to the strength of a well built engine! May help make some peoples probs not feel so bad!
Ok, so gearbox gone on my trusty L322 Range Rover, so thats in having a £3k box fitted!!
So lend a friend the CL500 to shoot to shops while I soak in the bath. Get a call "Car wont start!" "Its broke down!", "Don't know whats up with it!"
Head out with jump leads and tow rope to find the car parked in middle of a 40ft flooded road and submerged by about a foot of water... Could be why the car has cut out???!!!" . Luckly he hasn't opened doors so inside is dry! ...
Roll up trousers and i push the car out the puddle and into the kerb. He insists he was creeping through it and when car cut out he didn't hit the key after it cut out.... Hmmmm
I hit the key and the engine is hydro locked solid. Didn't turn over at all.
Take all the plugs out and hit the key and it gobbed about 2 pints of water out the plug holes. After which it spun over freely and quietly!
Towed car home and left over night... Next day, air filters are soaking wet, so bin them..spun it over.. Turns over freely and no water! Great!
Stick plugs back and it locks straight up.. again strip all plugs out and call Dad for advice with my head in hands.
On his advice I spin it over again and it gobbs out about 4 pints of water through plug holes and then again spins over freely and quietly.. Dad says to put the plugs back 2 at a time and try spinning it over in between.. This I do!
Get all 16 plugs in and she fires (and throws about 2 gallon of water out the exhausts).. Makes a great water pistol as it shot about 10ft out rear!!
Leave it running with clouds of white smoke from rear for about an hour. All sounds good! Have I got away with it?! Clear all faults and looks good (except sound from radio not working) Ive posted in electrical if anyone can help??
Leave it over night. Next morning she starts all ok.. "This is sounding promising!!" So order new filters and oil.. Oil has no water in it, but just incase!
Drop car into gear and it immediately locks up again and cuts out, with an almighty bang.
Back to removing all the plugs and try again..Throwing out more water from the plug holes, I slowly start putting plugs back.. 16 in and she fires.. 1 loud knock!!!
Creep it back on the drive and leave running. Slowly the knock turns into a tappet sound! Then 20 mins later a very quiet tap! Or am I kidding myself!!!
Havent driven it yet, but left it running for about an hour.. Will try driving it again tonight.... It deffo is light on 1 plug or lead, but maybe I just haven't fitted them all back tight.. But its running !!!!
Providing I get away with it I kinda gotta tip my hat to the V8 as I believe many other engines would be well and truly scrap by now!!!
Tel
Ok, so gearbox gone on my trusty L322 Range Rover, so thats in having a £3k box fitted!!
So lend a friend the CL500 to shoot to shops while I soak in the bath. Get a call "Car wont start!" "Its broke down!", "Don't know whats up with it!"
Head out with jump leads and tow rope to find the car parked in middle of a 40ft flooded road and submerged by about a foot of water... Could be why the car has cut out???!!!" . Luckly he hasn't opened doors so inside is dry! ...
Roll up trousers and i push the car out the puddle and into the kerb. He insists he was creeping through it and when car cut out he didn't hit the key after it cut out.... Hmmmm
I hit the key and the engine is hydro locked solid. Didn't turn over at all.
Take all the plugs out and hit the key and it gobbed about 2 pints of water out the plug holes. After which it spun over freely and quietly!
Towed car home and left over night... Next day, air filters are soaking wet, so bin them..spun it over.. Turns over freely and no water! Great!
Stick plugs back and it locks straight up.. again strip all plugs out and call Dad for advice with my head in hands.
On his advice I spin it over again and it gobbs out about 4 pints of water through plug holes and then again spins over freely and quietly.. Dad says to put the plugs back 2 at a time and try spinning it over in between.. This I do!
Get all 16 plugs in and she fires (and throws about 2 gallon of water out the exhausts).. Makes a great water pistol as it shot about 10ft out rear!!
Leave it running with clouds of white smoke from rear for about an hour. All sounds good! Have I got away with it?! Clear all faults and looks good (except sound from radio not working) Ive posted in electrical if anyone can help??
Leave it over night. Next morning she starts all ok.. "This is sounding promising!!" So order new filters and oil.. Oil has no water in it, but just incase!
Drop car into gear and it immediately locks up again and cuts out, with an almighty bang.
Back to removing all the plugs and try again..Throwing out more water from the plug holes, I slowly start putting plugs back.. 16 in and she fires.. 1 loud knock!!!
Creep it back on the drive and leave running. Slowly the knock turns into a tappet sound! Then 20 mins later a very quiet tap! Or am I kidding myself!!!
Havent driven it yet, but left it running for about an hour.. Will try driving it again tonight.... It deffo is light on 1 plug or lead, but maybe I just haven't fitted them all back tight.. But its running !!!!
Providing I get away with it I kinda gotta tip my hat to the V8 as I believe many other engines would be well and truly scrap by now!!!
Tel