Dunvale
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- Your Mercedes
- 01 ML 270cdi (w163), 94 E200 (w124)
Hey Guys,
I'm new to the Fourm so hello. The fourm looks very good especially the DIY section, Very handy. Hopefully I will add to it one day.
Anyway we have 3 mercs at home, A 94 w124 E200 (auto). a 97 w210 E200 (manual) and a 01 ml270 cdi (auto).
To be fair the two E's have never really given trouble apart from the usualls but the ML has broke my heart, but we all know about the MLs.
I have a major prob with the ML at the moment but thats for another day.
Concerning the 94 w124, It has 230,000 miles on the clock. At 214,000 it got a major service, All fluids changed along with alot of other components such as disks,fans,belts and Exhaust boxes! etc. Sounds great and goes like a train. The transmission fluid was drained and new filter installed.
However lately I am getting a noise coming from what sounds like the gearbox/drivetrain tunnel area. I can only describe it as a faint metallic grinding noise, like if you got two bits of metal and gently rubbed them together in a circular motion.
It can only be heard when the car is moving. the moment the car stops its gone. It can be heard at all speeds through all the gears. I'm hoping its not the gearbox despite the high milage. Someone suggested that it might be the support bearing located midway down the drive shaft. The rubber flange disks look ok with no cracks.
But when I grabbed the driveshaft midway and shook it there was a bit of play in it, ie the shaft deflected in all directions by about 10 t0 15mm. Is that kind of deflection normal of should the shaft be rock solid in that bearing and support bracket?
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Damien
I'm new to the Fourm so hello. The fourm looks very good especially the DIY section, Very handy. Hopefully I will add to it one day.
Anyway we have 3 mercs at home, A 94 w124 E200 (auto). a 97 w210 E200 (manual) and a 01 ml270 cdi (auto).
To be fair the two E's have never really given trouble apart from the usualls but the ML has broke my heart, but we all know about the MLs.
I have a major prob with the ML at the moment but thats for another day.
Concerning the 94 w124, It has 230,000 miles on the clock. At 214,000 it got a major service, All fluids changed along with alot of other components such as disks,fans,belts and Exhaust boxes! etc. Sounds great and goes like a train. The transmission fluid was drained and new filter installed.
However lately I am getting a noise coming from what sounds like the gearbox/drivetrain tunnel area. I can only describe it as a faint metallic grinding noise, like if you got two bits of metal and gently rubbed them together in a circular motion.
It can only be heard when the car is moving. the moment the car stops its gone. It can be heard at all speeds through all the gears. I'm hoping its not the gearbox despite the high milage. Someone suggested that it might be the support bearing located midway down the drive shaft. The rubber flange disks look ok with no cracks.
But when I grabbed the driveshaft midway and shook it there was a bit of play in it, ie the shaft deflected in all directions by about 10 t0 15mm. Is that kind of deflection normal of should the shaft be rock solid in that bearing and support bracket?
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Damien
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