tomba
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- C200 w202 Elegance Auto/1996/45k miles
Hi. I wonder if anyone can help me please?
CAT was rattling and then stopped rattling....under strain the car then went into limp home mode...20mph even with full revs. AA man says it's the CAT...new CAT ordered and now inside car waiting for fit.
Tried to drive to garage to get CAT fitted....disaster!
The car (1996, C200 S202 Elegance Automatic with only 45k on clock) started okay, reversed, put into D...it spluttered to a halt! I then tried to restart and, although it turned over okay, it wouldn't catch and start up!
Left overnight, battery removed and given 100% trickle-charge....turns over strongly but Will Not Catch :Oops:
It's an automatic so it should start in P only. Usual green flashing rear mirror light...all seems well there. Tried a few tricks shown on Forum (hold foot to floor to clear fuel etc, tried credit card key etc). Nothing!
New Merc fuel pump fotted last year....don't know where Fuse 36 is to check that pump fuse is ok.
Ant suggestions please before I sell it for spares / repairs as it's costing me a lot lately!!!
CAT was rattling and then stopped rattling....under strain the car then went into limp home mode...20mph even with full revs. AA man says it's the CAT...new CAT ordered and now inside car waiting for fit.
Tried to drive to garage to get CAT fitted....disaster!
The car (1996, C200 S202 Elegance Automatic with only 45k on clock) started okay, reversed, put into D...it spluttered to a halt! I then tried to restart and, although it turned over okay, it wouldn't catch and start up!
Left overnight, battery removed and given 100% trickle-charge....turns over strongly but Will Not Catch :Oops:
It's an automatic so it should start in P only. Usual green flashing rear mirror light...all seems well there. Tried a few tricks shown on Forum (hold foot to floor to clear fuel etc, tried credit card key etc). Nothing!
New Merc fuel pump fotted last year....don't know where Fuse 36 is to check that pump fuse is ok.
Ant suggestions please before I sell it for spares / repairs as it's costing me a lot lately!!!