Wildheart79
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- Mercedes C200 blue efficiency 2011
Dear members.
I am throwing myself out there to the mercy of you all in the hope that someone can shine some light on an issue I am having with my 2011 c200 Cdi.
During summer, the car was magic but recently, as it's colder, selecting gears in the morning has been a right arm ache.
It's particularly bad for reverse (where it's starting to crunch) and first/second. I am literally using all my energy to get it into first, it's like there just isn't a gear there.
Once the car has warmed up and is sitting around 80 degrees, normal service resumes. She doesn't jump out of gear or feel that there is a loss of power (mind you the last car was a Laguna 1.5 diesel so I'm not basing this on much!!!)
I have recently just had the clutch and dual mass flywheel replaced as the garage noted that there was vibration within the clutch pedal and that this might be causing the issue but sadly, this morning (quite a cold and frosty one) it's been a pig to get into gear again.
I have read some posts on here stating that some gearboxes were overfilled with oil and that this might be the cause of the problem but wasn't sure if this was earlier models or not.
I am heading away for a couple of days but when I get back I would like to go to my mechanic with a checklist of things that I want tried first in order to resolve this issue. I'm not massively technical and my mechanic has been a good friend of the family for years (and a previous Mercedes driver albeit automatics) but he doesn't have access to all the latest Mercedes bulletins.
Any suggestions or experiences in resolving similar issues would at least give me and said mechanic a starting point rather than just throwing good money after bad at it.
Appreciate the time taken to read the above.
Thanks
Craig
I am throwing myself out there to the mercy of you all in the hope that someone can shine some light on an issue I am having with my 2011 c200 Cdi.
During summer, the car was magic but recently, as it's colder, selecting gears in the morning has been a right arm ache.
It's particularly bad for reverse (where it's starting to crunch) and first/second. I am literally using all my energy to get it into first, it's like there just isn't a gear there.
Once the car has warmed up and is sitting around 80 degrees, normal service resumes. She doesn't jump out of gear or feel that there is a loss of power (mind you the last car was a Laguna 1.5 diesel so I'm not basing this on much!!!)
I have recently just had the clutch and dual mass flywheel replaced as the garage noted that there was vibration within the clutch pedal and that this might be causing the issue but sadly, this morning (quite a cold and frosty one) it's been a pig to get into gear again.
I have read some posts on here stating that some gearboxes were overfilled with oil and that this might be the cause of the problem but wasn't sure if this was earlier models or not.
I am heading away for a couple of days but when I get back I would like to go to my mechanic with a checklist of things that I want tried first in order to resolve this issue. I'm not massively technical and my mechanic has been a good friend of the family for years (and a previous Mercedes driver albeit automatics) but he doesn't have access to all the latest Mercedes bulletins.
Any suggestions or experiences in resolving similar issues would at least give me and said mechanic a starting point rather than just throwing good money after bad at it.
Appreciate the time taken to read the above.
Thanks
Craig