What Have You Done To Your Merc Today?

[rifiki]

Isn't that message usually triggered by pad wear sensors? I'm surprised that its gone away.
I take it that as you've checked the fluid levels, you've visually checked the pads for wear as well.

All fluid levels OK and no leaks. No odd noises, rubbing etc.
It's due for a service/MOT soon.

 

[onefortheroad]

Hoovered it all out , (weeks worth of saw dust ). Polished the dash,door cards,seats. Followed by a wash n wax and a hose down.

 

[multigrade]

Replaced oil level sensor, which was giving intermittent spurious warnings, Ended up with a lot of oil on the floor...

 

[alexanderfoti]

Day 3 of hybrid eV vehicle.

Nothing has blown up yet.

All journeys have been on battery only!

Mpg calculation non sensical, as its too literal (eg ALL miles per gallon of fuel, including those on electric) of you drive solely on electric it shows 999mpg.

It should be mpg when engines running and ignore EV only miles

 

[sonic]

Day 3 of hybrid eV vehicle.

Nothing has blown up yet.

All journeys have been on battery only!

Mpg calculation non sensical, as its too literal (eg ALL miles per gallon of fuel, including those on electric) of you drive solely on electric it shows 999mpg.

It should be mpg when engines running and ignore EV only miles

Alex is it a plug in hybrid?

 

[alexanderfoti]

Alex is it a plug in hybrid?

Yes

 

[old man Logan]

Mines still in hibernation, getting ready to go on road soon

 

[dry run]

Treated her to a front pair of Eagle F1 Assy 6's.

 

[daveenty]

Well, further to THIS POST from earlier in the thread, I took the car into Mercedes today for them to check the heater out.

I must admit that I wasn't looking forward to this and was expecting the usual dealership slopy shouldered and hand wringing approach but I couldn't have been more wrong. After I got through reception, I was met by a service advisor who I've known for ages, so the first few minutes were spent doing the small talk bit as she'd not seen me for a while. After explaining my heater problem, she introduced me to Mark, who'd been allocated to look at my car.

He walked out with me to the car where we both got in it, started it up and then waited for the noise to appear. Right on cue the forced air sound started and Mark seemed to know instantly where to look and what to do. He did try to explain it to me but I'm afraid that it didn't sink in too much. Blend doors, out of synch and lube were all mentioned which is apparently what he managed to sort out.

As I mentioned earlier, a stepper motor was also playing up though typically it was quiet as a mouse on his initial inspection. He did tell me later however that it did click a couple of times, enabling him to pinpoint which one it was and, after removing the dash side panel and glovebox, he managed to reset it and cover it in some silicone lube stuff.

I did get billed for £150 which I was quite happy to pay as he was working on the car for 2 hours, kept me fully informed all the way through the process and it's currently whisper quiet, as it should be. Just hope it stays that way...

 

[JBell]

Spent 4 hours waiting for the AA to show up to diagnose my Mothers W204 C250CGi with ESL failure (which I told them on the phone) then faff around trying to sort it then tow it to Coverdale 2 at 11pm.

Luckily it failed 500m from my house so could wait there for them to show up.

 

[AnthonyUK]

MoT and 4 new tyres today.

I went with Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6 and back on 16" wheels due to the state of the roads.

 

[00slk]

Money Pit has been running beautifully and totally satisfied with all his lovely new parts, he forgot about general wear 'n tear, until yesterday



Going to treat him to new pads.....as soon as I have checked that it's only pads needed.
Then Money Pit is going to be sent for a complete service, top to bottom before I sell him
So please do not jam and crash the forum with offers when I am ready!

 

[old man Logan]

99p start?

 

[rifiki]

00slk, have same brake warning now miraculously cured it's self.
My CLK has only done 90K and is serviced/MOT every year, usually around 4/4.5K miles PA.
Next due soon and every thing feels ok, no leaks and brake fluid is full to top.

 

[Srdl]

00slk, have same brake warning now miraculously cured it's self.
My CLK has only done 90K and is serviced/MOT every year, usually around 4/4.5K miles PA.
Next due soon and every thing feels ok, no leaks and brake fluid is full to top.

It’s nothing to do with brake fluid - just pads worn down.

 

[sl500amgsport]

Calipers painted red, just waiting 11 hours for them to dry before decals applied..

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[Dean Fletcher]

Calipers painted red, just waiting 11 hours for them to dry before decals applied..

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Photos when done?

 

[Dean Fletcher]

Took the 400 for a trip to Morecambe, seen a burnt out car in the middle of the road firefighter tackling it on the way home.

 

[Dean Fletcher]

99p start?

I’ll go to £1

 

[JoeHorner]

Finally caught up with the odd jobs that have been on the to-do list for too long for the 270CDI:

* Track rod end that was an MOT advise last September. Ended up changing inner, outer and boot because it was easier than releasing the lock nuts!
* Front ARB bushes replaced and it no longer squeaks & bangs over speed bumps. One drop link could do with changing but couldn't get them undone for now and had other stuff to do.
* Front left caliper that was seizing on its guide pins freed up and working as it should.
* Thermostat is finally changed so it actually gets up to temperature
* Trip meter is now calibrated to the past 750 miles or so of measured fuel consumption. 39.5mpg average from an engine that was only ever reaching about 50 degrees seems ok

Also gave it an early oil & filter change (dash was saying 5700 miles to go) because 20 months seemed more than long enough regardless of mileage.

There are still heaters flaps to worry about at some point but that looks like a nasty job, and an Aircon recharge having put some gas in & confirmed it hold pressure and tries to work. Didn't have enough gas left to fully recharge so will pay to have it done at some point.

Now time to enjoy it until the next round....