Eddee:


It wasn't fun to say the least, i fumbled with the bolt and spanner sizes. Trying different ones, it was hellish initially, my old boy laughed at my clumsiness.

weyreypey:


DIY is a love affair....

Logobenz1:
wow,so sorry eddee.hooe you solved the heating issue?
For the love of Benz and the brotherhood,salud.
Meanwhile the babe I told you about don dey come around

Eddee:
Yeah, so a pretty complicated DIY was in the works yesterday (by my rookie standards). Three weeks ago, on a cold Saturday morning, I got into my car, started it and was ready to hit the nearest football field around 2 kms away, less than half way through the journey I noticed my temperature guage had neared 120c. Before I could say jack, it reverted to 85-95c (standard operating temperature for Benz's). I took no heed and thought my eyes were playing a quick one based on my runnings the last night.

Fast forward last weekend, I drove around heavily around the town for almost 5 hours with brief stops in typical stop-and-go traffic fashion. Left the car to monitor progress at a project site, on return drove it for less than 2 kms and I observed the guage climbing steadily from
50,60,70,80,90,100,110,120 - I was on a lonely 10km stretch and couldn't stop for any reason whatsoever - turned on the heat @ full blast and it slowed down to 110, but it kept flickering between 110—120c (wasn't slightly afraid of a burnt top, because I've read up a bit on the M112 engine and knew it could handle it for the short commute I was on.


Once i got to civilization, I stopped, grabbed a black bullet, then opened the bonnet, no heat coming from the radiator or hoses, no visible leakage. Had my doubts but I'm no professional, so I called engineers; Kingreign his number wasn't reachable, I proceeded to call Oluwaseunla he basically gave me a walk through and we isolated so many possibilities from radiator, water pump to coolant expansion tank. Leaving us with two possible causes. The hoses and the thermostat, and coolant temperature sensor/water switch. Its a high mileage car, the hoses were getting brittle and the thermostat has started to fail.. This wasn't obvious initially. (it's very ease to confirm if a radiator's fins are blocked or if your car's water pump is on its last legs, the thermostat is another thing entirely, you need time, patience and most importantly experience to measure temperature fluctuations even with the help of a scanner).

I proceeded to check my account balance, and it wasn't positive, so I continued hoping the god of weyreypey and the Benz or nothing family will come to my aid. I drove it that Saturday, Sunday, Monday no incident was recorded. Thermostat worked as required, opening and closing at the right temperatures - although it was now 90c - 100c (coolant temperature sensor had also seen better days). Then Tuesday morning, I had driven off to work, on my way back I noticed my guage move from 100c to 80C, stayed at 80C for 15 mins. I was in stop and go traffic, and for that time frame, the guage should have gone up to 100c, then back to 90c, with regards to the new operating procedure. Then it dawned on me, my thermostat was failing in an open state. Well, I was ready for the trade offs associated with this when 15 mins later, very close to my house, I noticed the guage rising from 80c to 120c in a matter of 3 mins or so. It has now failed in a closed state.

I drove in parked and slept well, got up the following morning called Logobenz dealer from PH for a quote on a brand new Bosch or Behr/Wahler thermostat as well as the complete hoses for the car, and a secondary air pump, his price and the one in Calabar was almost identical, so I called my plug at Clegg in Ojuelegba, and the rates were 30% lesser than the PH quotes and 35% lesser than the Calabar quotes.

So, the parts got here yesterday morning. I quickly used online resources on Benz world, Pelican Parts and Mercedes Medic to dismantle everything (easy part) - as usual I borrowed most of the tools from the Perkins Generator and my old boy's garage. (He's been fixing his Benz's by himself for the past 25 years).

I easily replaced the secondary air pump (broke the relay accidentally, so I'll source for one on Monday), thermostat replacement was a breeze. Couldn't remove the old water switch/temperature coolant sensor, spent over 2 hours and 30 mins in the hot sun, until my old boy took pity and helped me remove and replace it by oiling and greasing the stuck part. He proceeded to change the entire hoses. Filled up the coolant and bled the system, even got a new power steering pump for me after complaining to my deaf ears that the old one was groaning.

So, we tested everything, and there were no leaks. On my way back to my house, I noticed a malfunction on the screen (check coolant level), drove it like that, man cannot come and kill himself. When I got home, I opened the bonnet and traced the leak from the upper radiator hose and the return hose for the coolant expansion tank. Brethren, after soccer practice today, I reverted to using the old hose clamps/clips and everything has been fine over the past 6 hours or so.

Now one of my harman kardon speakers on the back door has bitten the dust - I'm looking for a professional to handle that (repairs not replacement).

Seems this is the last DIY I'll embark on, chai - the back pains no be here.

Eddee:
Yeah, so a pretty complicated DIY was in the works yesterday (by my rookie standards). Three weeks ago, on a cold Saturday morning, I got into my car, started it and was ready to hit the nearest football field around 2 kms away, less than half way through the journey I noticed my temperature guage had neared 120c. Before I could say jack, it reverted to 85-95c (standard operating temperature for Benz's). I took no heed and thought my eyes were playing a quick one based on my runnings the last night.

Fast forward last weekend, I drove around heavily around the town for almost 5 hours with brief stops in typical stop-and-go traffic fashion. Left the car to monitor progress at a project site, on return drove it for less than 2 kms and I observed the guage climbing steadily from
50,60,70,80,90,100,110,120 - I was on a lonely 10km stretch and couldn't stop for any reason whatsoever - turned on the heat @ full blast and it slowed down to 110, but it kept flickering between 110—120c (wasn't slightly afraid of a burnt top, because I've read up a bit on the M112 engine and knew it could handle it for the short commute I was on.


Once i got to civilization, I stopped, grabbed a black bullet, then opened the bonnet, no heat coming from the radiator or hoses, no visible leakage. Had my doubts but I'm no professional, so I called engineers; Kingreign his number wasn't reachable, I proceeded to call Oluwaseunla he basically gave me a walk through and we isolated so many possibilities from radiator, water pump to coolant expansion tank. Leaving us with two possible causes. The hoses and the thermostat, and coolant temperature sensor/water switch. Its a high mileage car, the hoses were getting brittle and the thermostat has started to fail.. This wasn't obvious initially. (it's very ease to confirm if a radiator's fins are blocked or if your car's water pump is on its last legs, the thermostat is another thing entirely, you need time, patience and most importantly experience to measure temperature fluctuations even with the help of a scanner).

I proceeded to check my account balance, and it wasn't positive, so I continued hoping the God of weyreypey (which is Jehovah Shekinah) and the Benz or nothing family will come to my aid. I drove it that Saturday, Sunday, Monday no incident was recorded. Thermostat worked as required, opening and closing at the right temperatures - although it was now 90c - 100c (coolant temperature sensor had also seen better days). Then Tuesday morning, I had driven off to work, on my way back I noticed my guage move from 100c to 80C, stayed at 80C for 15 mins. I was in stop and go traffic, and for that time frame, the guage should have gone up to 100c, then back to 90c, with regards to the new operating procedure. Then it dawned on me, my thermostat was failing in an open state. Well, I was ready for the trade offs associated with this when 15 mins later, very close to my house, I noticed the guage rising from 80c to 120c in a matter of 3 mins or so. It has now failed in a closed state.

I drove in parked and slept well, got up the following morning called Logobenz dealer from PH for a quote on a brand new Bosch or Behr/Wahler thermostat as well as the complete hoses for the car, and a secondary air pump, his price and the one in Calabar was almost identical, so I called my plug at Clegg in Ojuelegba, and the rates were 30% lesser than the PH quotes and 35% lesser than the Calabar quotes.

So, the parts got here yesterday morning. I quickly used online resources on Benz world, Pelican Parts and Mercedes Medic to dismantle everything (easy part) - as usual I borrowed most of the tools from the Perkins Generator and my old boy's garage. (He's been fixing his Benz's by himself for the past 25 years).

I easily replaced the secondary air pump (broke the relay accidentally, so I'll source for one on Monday), thermostat replacement was a breeze. Couldn't remove the old water switch/temperature coolant sensor, spent over 2 hours and 30 mins in the hot sun, until my old boy took pity and helped me remove and replace it by oiling and greasing the stuck part. He proceeded to change the entire hoses. Filled up the coolant and bled the system, even got a new power steering pump for me after complaining to my deaf ears that the old one was groaning.

So, we tested everything, and there were no leaks. On my way back to my house, I noticed a malfunction on the screen (check coolant level), drove it like that, man cannot come and kill himself. When I got home, I opened the bonnet and traced the leak from the upper radiator hose and the return hose for the coolant expansion tank. Brethren, after soccer practice today, I reverted to using the old hose clamps/clips and everything has been fine over the past 6 hours or so.

Now one of my harman kardon speakers on the back door has bitten the dust - I'm looking for a professional to handle that (repairs not replacement).

Seems this is the last DIY I'll embark on, chai - the back pains no be here.

Eddee:


Mehn, mechanics dey try wahali! It's not easy playing with wrenches



E no get wer e reach. Na untop woman our problems start, na there dem go end! [b][/b]

HeavenlyBang:


This is great to hear! Honestly wish I had the balls to fix my car myself but, unlike you, I'm rather averse to things that stress me and I don't think I'd have the endurance to persevere and see the whole thing through. Rather just give it to the professionals, tbh.

Eddee:


Yeah bro, it's all fun and games until I break something. There are a lot of things I won't ever attempt to fix myself, suspension components are one (very stressful).

kingreign:


Lol so sorry about the stress you had to go thru.

Eddee:


Baba, I dey learn work for wer you dey... Thanks for the offline support. I remain loyal

kingreign:


Baba, leave matter, na brother we be.

I no go fit show that IV, rain plenty for here. Old age don catch me so I no fit drive for rain well like before.

Emperoh:
People,

Just got a W204, 2010. I just discovered my Comand screen is blank. It will pop out at start up, show the Benz logo and fold back in again. Radio and CD all work with good sound, but the display shows nothing. I am left with figuring things out using the multimedia display on the instrument cluster. Anyone knows how I can fix this thing out?

Secondly, while driving this morning, a message cam one the instrument screen, 'Check Engine Oil at Nexr Refueling'. What could this mean? Oil level seem ok temperature is just at the 90 degree mark too.

engrezenwa:
Hello house,

I’m considering joining the benz family. I want to buy either a 2003 c class (4 cylinder) or a 2005 C230 kompressor.

Can someone please tell me the difference between the two, and any issues to be expected from either of them.

HeavenlyBang:


Save yourself the stress and buy a 2005 C320. That's the only W203 I can recommend.

weyreypey:

Eyeing the E220 CDI what's your take

HeavenlyBang:


CDI.

HeavenlyBang:


Save yourself the stress and buy a 2005 C320. That's the only W203 I can recommend.

sacx:


Care to state some reasons? And what should be the fuel consumption of C320 in relation to C240 and C230 kompressor?

Eddee:



https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w204/439617-help-please-my-popup-navigation-display-went-black-open-close-option-working-ok.html


Boss Eddee please what b ur position on this issue::::
My 2006 C230(W203) compressor has been said to be not working(4spearate guys here in uyo) and they all recommending i install a Peugeot 507/8 compressor, that it workx almost better than benz own based on different gas specx

engrezenwa:
Hello house,

I’m considering joining the benz family. I want to buy either a 2003 c class (4 cylinder) or a 2005 C230 kompressor.

Can someone please tell me the difference between the two, and any issues to be expected from either of them.

Eddee:
Syntax50

Did you say Uyo? Kingreign abeg do for am wetin you do for me.

P.s this won't be cheap at all. Manual or automatic compressor - you're likely going to get a new condenser/dryer and expansion valve. First and foremost scan the AC unit, find someone in Uyo who has a Star or even a clone to rule out electrical faults.

weyreypey:

C240 is slow. C230k engine just screams like being overworked. Balance is C320 power and fuel economy

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xpertriate:
Hello house.
Mercedes c320 2005 urgently needed.
Direct Belgium or very clean and sound naija used.
Your response will be highly appreciated.. thanks guys

xpertriate:
Hello house.
Mercedes c320 2005 urgently needed.
Direct Belgium or very clean and sound naija used.
Your response will be highly appreciated.. thanks guys