My Car Is Dying - Please Help Me !

[CLK?]

Car in question is a CLK 230K.

The other day I was driving 40 MPH and the car just spluttered to a halt, I pulled to the side of the road and It wouldnt start again, so I got towed home.

After leaving it overnight it started the next morning, but Idled very roughly, When I revved it a little it just cut out, I took it for a drive, Sometimes its fine and pulls well, others it goes very limp, revs drop, or the engine just stalls.

Also when the car is running there is a whining noise coming from the rear of the car (Fuel pump perhaps?) This noise is always there and I have never heard it before until the car stopped on me that day.

There are no warning lights on the Dash.

Please could I have some help, I dont want to have to sell her for scrap.

Thank you.

 

[television]

I am sure that this is the MAF going down,,I think that it is just behind the rad on the air intake box.

 

[CLK?]

What should be my plan of action ?

Replace MAF ?

 

[AandC]

Replace it. Not sure of the price, but it should be less than £50 and available from Ebay. Fitted by you in 10minutes.

It will cost you more money for your garage to diagnose and even more again to replace it.. So my advice as someone who replaced it and was amazed at the difference, just do it. It may not be (But probably is) the solution, and, if it isn't it will be the cheapest misdiagnosis you will ever have

Hope you save the old girl.

 

[CLK?]

As I need to use the Car to get to work tomorrow, And I dont think any of my local parts shops stock it, I will have to get one off eBay, While im waiting for that to arrive, Is there anyway I can clean out the MAF with something ?

Not sure if that would fix it temporarily or not at all ? If it would do a quick fix, what should I clean it out with ?

 

[television]

As I need to use the Car to get to work tomorrow, And I dont think any of my local parts shops stock it, I will have to get one off eBay, While im waiting for that to arrive, Is there anyway I can clean out the MAF with something ?

Not sure if that would fix it temporarily or not at all ? If it would do a quick fix, what should I clean it out with ?

Look in the DIY section it tells you how

 

[CLK?]

While phoning up a few car parts dealers some of them dont know what part it is, does it go by another name at all ?

 

[television]

MAF or MAS filter,, there is a part number on yours,,have you tried it unplugged

 

[CLK?]

Would the car run with it unplugged ?

 

[television]

Would the car run with it unplugged ?

In many cases the car will run near normal, do warm up the engine , then unplug it and see if you have near on full power back again, this does work on many cars

 

[television]

Please see this post

http://forums.mercedesclub.org.uk/showthread.php?t=43927&page=2

 

[CLK?]

So could I drive the car with the MAF unplugged until the new one arrives ? Or is that a bit Risky ?

 

[television]

It will do no harm at all,,it just sets up the sensors for the correct mixture,,idle may be difficult from cold but try it

 

[CLK?]

Ok, Ive just looked under my bonnet to find actually where it is, From looking at pics on the netof the MAF, Its not near the air box, as you look at the car, it is just behing the radiator on the left hand side, attached below runs a metal pipe which vanishes to the left somewhere and attached on top of it is a plastic pipe which connects to something on top of the engine, am I looking in the right place?

(I know my mechanical descriptions arnt up to much)

 

[CLK?]

Just checked the part number against a listing and I am looking at the right part which is a good start !

So if I just unplug this, and leave it unplugged ill be able to use my car tomorrow morning ? (With it having a rough idle?)

 

[television]

http://www.detali.ru/cat/oem_mb2.as...GA=722.607&CT=M&cat=19Y&SID=14&SGR=030&SGN=01

Yes 119 in the link,, try it today,,it will start but if difficult, just plug it in again and warm the car, then unplug and drive to work, thats the worst that can happen

 

[CLK?]

Ok Fantastic, just one last thing !

This one be Ok to use ? - Ebay Item Number - 180313452086

 

[Cole@MBS]

I wouldn't use any of those on e,bay, give it a few weeks and your be back to problems again!

 

[television]

I wouldn't use any of those on e,bay, give it a few weeks and your be back to problems again!

Morning SAM we are trying to find out what this guy is selling.

They are a bit of a joke re the cost,,cant cost £2.00 to make.

http://www.airmassmeters.com/

 

[roofless]

Ok Fantastic, just one last thing !

This one be Ok to use ? - Ebay Item Number - 180313452086

euro car parts do the bosch & they will post it out if needed.http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecommerce/Search_Results.asp