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    Injector Cleaner...to use or not to use?!?!

    Hi, For SL500 2003 79k miles, can we use the attached injector cleaner? Any harm to the engine? Has anyone used this before? Also im told for best results to only mix with half a tank of fuel rather than full? Is that so?
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    Best petrol type for Mercedes?

    Hi, Just wondering to use for my SL500 2003..70k miles on it? 98 or 95 octane or does it really not matter?
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    High octane in A190 (W168)?

    Hi, I have got A190 petrol automatic (2001). I was wondering if i can use high octane RON97 or RON99 (Tesco Super Unleaded 99) instead of RON95 in it. As per manual it recommends minimum 95 RON but i was not sure if higher RON will cause any problem to engine. Any help would be...
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    A160 Poor Fuel Economy

    I bought an A160 Petrol Auto Elegance 2010 3 months ago, a used vehicle with 13000 miles on the clock. I moved down to a smaller vehicle and hoped to get much better fuel economy. Unfortunately I have been extremely disappointed with the MPG. Measuring tank to tank I am getting 33MPG for a mix...
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    Diesel or Petrol

    When browsing the forums it seems to me that there are many more threads related to problems with diesel engines as opposed to petrol engines and I wonder why. Perhaps the easy answer is that there are many more diesel engined Mercedes on the road or, alternatively, that current diesels are...
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    New Engine in 280 SE 1963 (Petrol or Diesel)

    Good Afternoon, I'd greatly appreciate any advice on this matter: I am considering upgrading the engine of a 1963 280 SE Mercedies to either a 300 D of 300 petrol. I will only be using the car occasionally but would rather a bitt more power than the curent 220 engine that is in a bad...
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    190E strong petrol smell inside cabin and boot

    Just been out for a short drive, and noticed a very strong petrol smell inside the cabin and in the boot, so bad that the windows had to be down all the time. Having got home and prodded about, the smell isn't coming from inside the engine bay, the car still runs fine. I brimmed the tank...
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