Hello,
I recently got a 97 c220 from my uncle.
He was trying to go somewhere when it suddenly stopped (lost all the water it had and the engine overheated). The water pump is broken, the high-pressure pump has been replaced multiple times and the alternator isn't working.
He left the car for more than 1 year stopped until I got it.
It came with a flat battery, as I couldn't open the car with the remote and had to use the key, so we got it out and recharged it.
When we started the car (by jumping it), the fans were going at full speed, and still, go at full speed when we try to start it.
We cannot start the car with the key, as it doesn't do anything.
So we started trying to troubleshoot the problem, so far we tried some things:
Fuel is 1/2.
At first, to see if the engine was damaged, we rotated the engine using the crankshaft, and it rotated, so the engine is good as I could move it and everything rotated fine.
We jumpstarted the car, and here it cranked as normal, but the engine doesn't start.
Started to get out things from the engine, and our main guess was that the high-pressure pump was damaged in some way, fuel goes in, but doesn't go out to the injectors. We can see bubbles and movement going into the pump, but nothing comes out of the injectors.
Today I've been trying to find the pump relay and its fuse, to my surprise, something was done so those aren't used, I think 12v from the battery goes directly onto the pump because we saw some electrical tape in the electrical contacts of the fuel pump.
Here are some questions I have, is it possible that 12v goes directly into the high-pressure pump? Can the fuel pump be the problem on why the engine doesn't start and the ignition from the key doesn't work?
So far I got the suspicion that the high pressure pump is bad, but I'm not entirely sure as it can be anything.
Thank you.
I recently got a 97 c220 from my uncle.
He was trying to go somewhere when it suddenly stopped (lost all the water it had and the engine overheated). The water pump is broken, the high-pressure pump has been replaced multiple times and the alternator isn't working.
He left the car for more than 1 year stopped until I got it.
It came with a flat battery, as I couldn't open the car with the remote and had to use the key, so we got it out and recharged it.
When we started the car (by jumping it), the fans were going at full speed, and still, go at full speed when we try to start it.
We cannot start the car with the key, as it doesn't do anything.
So we started trying to troubleshoot the problem, so far we tried some things:
Fuel is 1/2.
At first, to see if the engine was damaged, we rotated the engine using the crankshaft, and it rotated, so the engine is good as I could move it and everything rotated fine.
We jumpstarted the car, and here it cranked as normal, but the engine doesn't start.
Started to get out things from the engine, and our main guess was that the high-pressure pump was damaged in some way, fuel goes in, but doesn't go out to the injectors. We can see bubbles and movement going into the pump, but nothing comes out of the injectors.
Today I've been trying to find the pump relay and its fuse, to my surprise, something was done so those aren't used, I think 12v from the battery goes directly onto the pump because we saw some electrical tape in the electrical contacts of the fuel pump.
Here are some questions I have, is it possible that 12v goes directly into the high-pressure pump? Can the fuel pump be the problem on why the engine doesn't start and the ignition from the key doesn't work?
So far I got the suspicion that the high pressure pump is bad, but I'm not entirely sure as it can be anything.
Thank you.
