Mark brooks
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- Your Mercedes
- 2005 C230 2.5
after ten years of neglect it’s time to fix the persistent little niggle with a camshaft sensor, it’s had no impact on the cars performance other than the annoying check engine light being on.
on the American market version there were issues with the camshafts failing, but as far as I know this fault was not a problem here in the UK.
After a service reset it’s fine for a couple of hundred miles, then the fault returns, I’ve had the magnets replaced but that’s not cured it and my mechanic has advised that a new sensor cost ranges from £20 to £150 depending on the type and that he cannot guarantee it will cure the fault.
Its been a reliable car it’s only done 57,000 miles and I want to keep it, but also want to sort the problem once and for all.
Anybody have the same problem, and is there a simple fix that doesn’t entail repeated and expensive visits to the workshop.
on the American market version there were issues with the camshafts failing, but as far as I know this fault was not a problem here in the UK.
After a service reset it’s fine for a couple of hundred miles, then the fault returns, I’ve had the magnets replaced but that’s not cured it and my mechanic has advised that a new sensor cost ranges from £20 to £150 depending on the type and that he cannot guarantee it will cure the fault.
Its been a reliable car it’s only done 57,000 miles and I want to keep it, but also want to sort the problem once and for all.
Anybody have the same problem, and is there a simple fix that doesn’t entail repeated and expensive visits to the workshop.