rolfy
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- Your Mercedes
- W203 C180 Kompressor Coupe (57 reg)
I recently had a boost problem on my 2002 C220 CDi.
Excellent advice from this forum led to a gutted Cat and an almost unbelievable and immediate increase in power. Seriously - the car goes better than I can ever remember.
One question. A squeeze on the accelerator at, say, 55mph delivers a smooth (but impressive) increase in speed with (if needed) gentle gear changes, one down and one back up. But if I stamp on the pedal the old kickdown response (down two gears) isn't there.
Now don't get me wrong - I'm not complaining - the car is running like a dream and there's plenty of that smooth power for my needs and I do wonder what madness would result if kickdown was available.
So is the lack of kickdown just a response to the removal of the Cat restriction (ie the drivetrain saying "I can handle this without kicking down two gears now") or is it something more sinister? The cruise control still works so I think that rules out the old brake-switch problem.
Any ideas?
Excellent advice from this forum led to a gutted Cat and an almost unbelievable and immediate increase in power. Seriously - the car goes better than I can ever remember.
One question. A squeeze on the accelerator at, say, 55mph delivers a smooth (but impressive) increase in speed with (if needed) gentle gear changes, one down and one back up. But if I stamp on the pedal the old kickdown response (down two gears) isn't there.
Now don't get me wrong - I'm not complaining - the car is running like a dream and there's plenty of that smooth power for my needs and I do wonder what madness would result if kickdown was available.
So is the lack of kickdown just a response to the removal of the Cat restriction (ie the drivetrain saying "I can handle this without kicking down two gears now") or is it something more sinister? The cruise control still works so I think that rules out the old brake-switch problem.
Any ideas?