Lowe712131
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- Jan 21, 2014
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- Midlands, UK
- Your Mercedes
- R230 SL500 / Aston Martin DB9 Volante
Hi guys.
I have now finished (and sold!) the SL55 - loved every minute working on and learning about all of it's problem areas and the associated fixes, including the massive wealth of info and help on here. So much so that I have bought another 'problem' car, as I miss not having a shiny, 2 tonne paperweight on my drive!
Bought an SL500 that has had a hideous amount of water ingress throughout. PSE pump is toast and the car is showing all the symptoms of SAM failures as well (probably all of them, but at least the front two anyway!). ABC is constantly alarming, and very few electrical things are working. Sounds like a nightmare to most people, but it is exactly what I was looking for. Obviously, first job will be to cure the water leak points, but I have started poking around to see the extent of the problem(s).
Hooked the car up to STAR to have a first look at everything, the ABC is the first issue - the plunger travel sensor on front right is constantly reading 255mm and doesn't change - this looks suspiciously like an open circuit / ecu fault to me, so I'm going to take the ECU out and re-solder the pins (I believe Malcolm (Television) had the same issue a few years back and the re-soldering on the ECU cured it. Hopefully mine is similar.
Going further into the ABC menus on STAR, I was looking to recalibrate the ride height and load settings, but it needs specific setting information from a Romess Inclination gauge, to give the correct suspension angles etc.. This leads on to my question - has anyone had any experience with this type of suspension measurement? Do all MB dealers have it? Any info greatly appreciated. Cheers
I have now finished (and sold!) the SL55 - loved every minute working on and learning about all of it's problem areas and the associated fixes, including the massive wealth of info and help on here. So much so that I have bought another 'problem' car, as I miss not having a shiny, 2 tonne paperweight on my drive!
Bought an SL500 that has had a hideous amount of water ingress throughout. PSE pump is toast and the car is showing all the symptoms of SAM failures as well (probably all of them, but at least the front two anyway!). ABC is constantly alarming, and very few electrical things are working. Sounds like a nightmare to most people, but it is exactly what I was looking for. Obviously, first job will be to cure the water leak points, but I have started poking around to see the extent of the problem(s).
Hooked the car up to STAR to have a first look at everything, the ABC is the first issue - the plunger travel sensor on front right is constantly reading 255mm and doesn't change - this looks suspiciously like an open circuit / ecu fault to me, so I'm going to take the ECU out and re-solder the pins (I believe Malcolm (Television) had the same issue a few years back and the re-soldering on the ECU cured it. Hopefully mine is similar.
Going further into the ABC menus on STAR, I was looking to recalibrate the ride height and load settings, but it needs specific setting information from a Romess Inclination gauge, to give the correct suspension angles etc.. This leads on to my question - has anyone had any experience with this type of suspension measurement? Do all MB dealers have it? Any info greatly appreciated. Cheers