Hi All
I'm quite new to this forum, and am after some advice.
I purchased a C220CDI Sport (w202) about 6 months back. Great car!!
The temperature gauge has previously never been above 80. Recently I noticed the temperature rising above 80 when in mild traffic, and if in heavy traffic, the temperature goes slightly above 90.
Now, I?m not sure if this is normal, however I would like it to stay below 80!!. I have had the coolant replaced, and still get the same in traffic.
A couple of months back, I noticed some excessive smoke appear a few times when in traffic. This seemed to be coming from low on the driver side of the car (RHD). The smoke only appeared a few times, and has not appeared since. Not sure if this is linked ?
At about the same time as the smoke appearing, I would occasionally hear a whistling noise once I switched the car off after a long drive. Again this seemed to be coming from the same area as the smoke ?
Is there a unit in this area that may need replacing ?
I?m sure this is easy stuff for some of you MB geeks out there !!
I'm quite new to this forum, and am after some advice.
I purchased a C220CDI Sport (w202) about 6 months back. Great car!!
The temperature gauge has previously never been above 80. Recently I noticed the temperature rising above 80 when in mild traffic, and if in heavy traffic, the temperature goes slightly above 90.
Now, I?m not sure if this is normal, however I would like it to stay below 80!!. I have had the coolant replaced, and still get the same in traffic.
A couple of months back, I noticed some excessive smoke appear a few times when in traffic. This seemed to be coming from low on the driver side of the car (RHD). The smoke only appeared a few times, and has not appeared since. Not sure if this is linked ?
At about the same time as the smoke appearing, I would occasionally hear a whistling noise once I switched the car off after a long drive. Again this seemed to be coming from the same area as the smoke ?
Is there a unit in this area that may need replacing ?
I?m sure this is easy stuff for some of you MB geeks out there !!
Your temperature on your car seems to be working ok. When you get stuck in traffic, I would expect the temperature to increase up to sat 10%. If you are concerned, try fitting an auxillary cooling fan. As regards the smoke from drivers side, I had a similar experience, not with MB, but another car, for some reason the car was valleted and the engine bay sprayed with a sort of laquer, which I can only assume was for damp protection. Drove the car not problem for approx three months, then worked it a little harder and the temperature rose a little. Stopped at a set of traffic lights, clouds of smoke from under the bonnet, a little worried to say the least. No problem with the car after, may be the same.