I have been having a nightmare with my 2001 ML320 ... and it's just got worse ... after having to be rescued by the RAC in France (4 children stuck in a hotel on foot), we've been trying to get to the bottom of the problem - based around a misfire.
Having changed the ECU, which has fixed part of the issue, the garage (a STAR equipped indie in Monk's Gate) started dismantling the engine and discovered that it is full of crap - and beyond repair (see picture).
They have sourced and can fit an engine for c£2.5K. I've spent over £1K already, and the car is worth at most £4K - so the question is whether to go ahead. Money is obviously tight, but the rest of the car is sound, and we were very happy with it before it started crapping out ... what would you do?
History of the problems are in these threads (I haven't psoted since we got back from holiday as nothing new had materialised).
Any thoughts welcomed.
http://forums.mercedesclub.org.uk/showthread.php?t=104352
http://forums.mercedesclub.org.uk/showthread.php?t=104121
Having changed the ECU, which has fixed part of the issue, the garage (a STAR equipped indie in Monk's Gate) started dismantling the engine and discovered that it is full of crap - and beyond repair (see picture).
They have sourced and can fit an engine for c£2.5K. I've spent over £1K already, and the car is worth at most £4K - so the question is whether to go ahead. Money is obviously tight, but the rest of the car is sound, and we were very happy with it before it started crapping out ... what would you do?
History of the problems are in these threads (I haven't psoted since we got back from holiday as nothing new had materialised).
Any thoughts welcomed.
http://forums.mercedesclub.org.uk/showthread.php?t=104352
http://forums.mercedesclub.org.uk/showthread.php?t=104121