CGI? Good or not?

[John77]

I am looking for another eclass estate and I have come accross a CGI. Is this a good system or not for any reason?

 

[AMGeed]

CGI indicates the model is a turbocharged petrol engine.
Have not heard any reports of these being troublesome.

The engines I would avoid are the Blue Tec which have the ad blue tanks. Nothing but trouble I have read
I have a turbocharged Mercedes engine myself and fully recommend them!

 

[malcolm E53 AMG]

Not much reported on her about them but I don’t think they were very popular due to having a 1.8 litre power plant.
I would certainly have a good test drive before parting with cash the E class is a big heavy car especially when fully loaded. Engine wise the E220cdi and E350cdi were the most popular probably at a ratio of 20-1 in favour of derv.

 

[Uncle Benz]

CGI is compressed gasoline injection. Essentially it’s like a common rail diesel in many ways. The injectors are directly into the combustion chamber, rather than into the inlet manifold and being drawn in past the valves. Stratified charge means better fuel economy. On the whole they are very reliable, the only downside being that the intake valves can suffer some coking because they aren’t being washed constantly by fuel passing.

 

[Blobcat]

Not much reported on her about them but I don’t think they were very popular due to having a 1.8 litre power plant.
I would certainly have a good test drive before parting with cash the E class is a big heavy car especially when fully loaded. Engine wise the E220cdi and E350cdi were the most popular probably at a ratio of 20-1 in favour of derv.

They did a 350cgi @Conor has one

 

[malcolm E53 AMG]

They did a 350cgi @Conor has one

You are correct - as rare as hens teeth ask me how I know

 

[Chrishazle]

@Lilltlebrooklyn on here had a C250Cgi S204 and I'm pretty sure regrets selling it. Although we love our S204 C220Cdi, in a way I regret not offering to buy it!

 

[Conor]

Hi,

Yes I have a 350 CGI E Class estate.. I love it.. and I have come to realise that they are quite rare.

@Uncle Benz has given a good synopsis above.

I love mine, it has 292 BHP according to the manual. It is on 215k miles, and i'm not sure if that has affected the power output or not, but either way it's got plenty of poke in it and is very refined. Sometimes at a traffic light, I have found myself tapping the accelerator to see if the engine is still running.

Mine currently burns about 1 to 1.5 litres oil in 750 miles. I believe the valve stem seals are gone and I will be repairing DIY - If not DIY I think this would be a very very expensive job. That said, the M272 engine is often reputed to burn a lot of oil..

I can absolutely recommend this engine... I can't see myself giving mine up unless I crash it or the government says I can't drive it anymore.

 

[Blobcat]

Hi,

Yes I have a 350 CGI E Class estate.. I love it.. and I have come to realise that they are quite rare.

@Uncle Benz has given a good synopsis above.

I love mine, it has 292 BHP according to the manual. It is on 215k miles, and i'm not sure if that has affected the power output or not, but either way it's got plenty of poke in it and is very refined. Sometimes at a traffic light, I have found myself tapping the accelerator to see if the engine is still running.

Mine currently burns about 1 to 1.5 litres oil in 750 miles. I believe the valve stem seals are gone and I will be repairing DIY - If not DIY I think this would be a very very expensive job. That said, the M272 engine is often reputed to burn a lot of oil..

I can absolutely recommend this engine... I can't see myself giving mine up unless I crash it or the government says I can't drive it anymore.

My non CGI M272 doesn't use any oil - only on 110K miles though...

 

[Conor]

My non CGI M272 doesn't use any oil - only on 110K miles though...

Interesting. In any case, I know mine is shagged because if I leave it idle or stop start traffic for long enough and floor it... all hell breaks loose LMAO.

 

[John77]

Thank you

 

[lewyboy]

I found our CGI SLK to be a bit noisy, a kind of tappy sound.

Injectors I guess.

Not very Mercedes.

 

[Conor]

I found our CGI SLK to be a bit noisy, a kind of tappy sound.

Injectors I guess.

Not very Mercedes.

Oh yes, I didn't mention that. It certainly does sound muck tappier than my friends non CGI S 350... It basically sounds tappy like a diesel does, which I have been told is due to the common rail aspect to it.

I always thought it was tappets/lifters on my high miler but apparently they are all like that. I have gotten over it.

 

[lewyboy]

Oh yes, I didn't mention that. It certainly does sound muck tappier than my friends non CGI S 350... It basically sounds tappy like a diesel does, which I have been told is due to the common rail aspect to it.

I always thought it was tappets/lifters on my high miler but apparently they are all like that. I have gotten over it.

I think most modern petrols are direct injection now so they all sound like it

 

[ajlsl600]

It's how u know u Hav valve clearance

 

[JBell]

@Lilltlebrooklyn on here had a C250Cgi S204 and I'm pretty sure regrets selling it. Although we love our S204 C220Cdi, in a way I regret not offering to buy it!

My Mother drives a W204 C250CGi and won't part with it, 2010 car on 56k!!!!

 

[John77]

CGI indicates the model is a turbocharged petrol engine.
Have not heard any reports of these being troublesome.

The engines I would avoid are the Blue Tec which have the ad blue tanks. Nothing but trouble I have read
I have a turbocharged Mercedes engine myself and fully recommend them!

So is the 1.8 E200 CGI BlueEfficiency Avantgarde one of these? No just looked it up and it is for diesels.
My last 3 EClass estate have been E200 and never noticed any problem with power when loaded.

 

[brandwooddixon]

CGI BlueEfficiency engines don't need Ad Blue like the diesels do.

 

[John77]

CGI BlueEfficiency engines don't need Ad Blue like the diesels do.

Yes thank you

 

[John77]

Petrol Eclass are quite rare near me, I have been looking for quite a while now.