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Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 6:08 pm Post subject: still no joy with my 190 please help
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I recently purchased a 1 owner 1992 190e with FSH 54,000 on the clock & generally in excellent condition. I bought the car of a dealer having had the car checked out and test driven. The car starts, ticks over & runs perfectly but on occasions & for no apparent reason the car cuts out usually after being kept on the same throttle setting when slowing down to approach a junction etc. The car restarts immediately and runs normally. All guages read as they should. I have taken the car to a local independant specialist & he has been unable to find anything wrong & says the car is excellent. The dealer who has serviced the car for the last 12 years has refused to comment although I note that the fuel pump relay was changed 12,000 miles ago, so this is unlikely to be the problem. When driving the car today it cut out again (and I thought there was the merest hint of of a burning smell). I think I have purchased a "problem motor". Looking through the service history & the money spent on the car I can only assume that the previous owner would have not balked at spending the money to have it sorted (the last service by a non merc garage notes that the throttle body housing was also "cleaned out". Any suggestions about where I go from here would be greatly appreciated. I bought the car as I will be doing some substantial mileage in the near future (Hereford to Edinburgh) and wanted to do the journey in comfort but clearly I can't trust it at the moment. Therefore if I am unable to get it sorted I will need to find an alternative. Therefore if there is anbody who wants to take a flier I would consider selling it or exchanging it for a 2.5 190D, as I say the car with the exception of my earlier comment is in excellent condition & has the following spec. 2 owners FSH. Pearl blue, electic windows front and rear and sunroof all working perfectly. switchable auto - standard & economy, CD player, brand new tyres with the only bodywork fault being the slightest of compressions on the o/s/f front wing.
I intend to take it back to the local independant specialist next week but I think he is running out of ideas
help !
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Andy Fletcher
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Location: Hereford
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 6:08 pm Post subject: still no joy with my 190 please help
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I recently purchased a 1 owner 1992 190e with FSH 54,000 on the clock & generally in excellent condition. I bought the car of a dealer having had the car checked out and test driven. The car starts, ticks over & runs perfectly but on occasions & for no apparent reason the car cuts out usually after being kept on the same throttle setting when slowing down to approach a junction etc. The car restarts immediately and runs normally. All guages read as they should. I have taken the car to a local independant specialist & he has been unable to find anything wrong & says the car is excellent. The dealer who has serviced the car for the last 12 years has refused to comment although I note that the fuel pump relay was changed 12,000 miles ago, so this is unlikely to be the problem. When driving the car today it cut out again (and I thought there was the merest hint of of a burning smell). I think I have purchased a "problem motor". Looking through the service history & the money spent on the car I can only assume that the previous owner would have not balked at spending the money to have it sorted (the last service by a non merc garage notes that the throttle body housing was also "cleaned out". Any suggestions about where I go from here would be greatly appreciated. I bought the car as I will be doing some substantial mileage in the near future (Hereford to Edinburgh) and wanted to do the journey in comfort but clearly I can't trust it at the moment. Therefore if I am unable to get it sorted I will need to find an alternative. Therefore if there is anbody who wants to take a flier I would consider selling it or exchanging it for a 2.5 190D, as I say the car with the exception of my earlier comment is in excellent condition & has the following spec. 2 owners FSH. Pearl blue, electic windows front and rear and sunroof all working perfectly. switchable auto - standard & economy, CD player, brand new tyres with the only bodywork fault being the slightest of compressions on the o/s/f front wing.
I intend to take it back to the local independant specialist next week but I think he is running out of ideas
help !
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Andy Fletcher
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