Is there a noticeable difference between these two engines as far as power,
performance, smoothness, reliability, etc etc. . Is it worth holding out for
a 2.6 over the 2.3? Just curious...

Has anyone replaced their aneroid compensator (alda)?  I have looked in
the groups and find lots of info on dont adjust you Alda!  Or do
adjust it! and how to do so and get great improved horse power  but
no where can I find testimony on just changing a bad one.  I have not

Hello to everyone!
I have been offered one CLK 320 Elegance, 12/99 with big Nav and PDC , but
with 270 000 km for about 12 t Euro...
All my life i had all just disel's and now i am planning to take car like

I changed my transmision oil and filter last week for my 91 560SEC. It
took just over 7 liters to reach near the full mark. Drove the car for
about a week without a problem but now I noticed the shifting between 2
and 3 is hard and noisy sometimes very hard. Any idea on what could

on checking my central locking tubes i find that:on the single pipe going
into a 3way rubber connection in front of the rhf seat,if i disconnect the
pipe nearest to the rhf door and blank it off(3rd along)and pressurise the
single pipe going into the 3 i get no pressure reading.if i ...

Colleagues,
I'm intending to buy a Merc for the first time ever.  For financial reasons
I'll be restricted to something no later than the mid-90s (maybe 97-98 at
the very latest, more likely earlier than that), and there seem to be plenty

Is there anything else that could cause the right headlight to work
sometimes (seldom)?

I was wondering how to interpret the oil pressure gauge on my 96 mercedes
S500. Most of the time it's all the way up. Sometimes, it does drop
considerably between 1 and 2 on the scale if running idle. So far I assume
that is normal?

I am looking for some opinions regarding my 1988 300E. With 260,000
miles on it, my mechanic (a good, but "all makes/models" guy) says the
engine is leaking or burning oil, it has hydrocarbons in the coolant
(overheating is only prevented by the aux fan kicking in or driving

Need a Valve Body for a W140 S Class GearBox
The gearbox model is 722.5 . Can anybody help.
Cheers
Steve

Has anyone ever heard of a water pump giving you a "warning" that it is about
to go by discharging a small amont of coolant?  Someone told me this could be
why there was a leak one day but not again since.
Also does anyone know why I would be smelling fuel through my heater system?

Looking to buy an 1986 560 with over 140k on it.  Just wondering what the
average life and miles on these are and general problems specific to that
car/engine.  Looking for solid daily driver, and this looks to be a great
looking and solid car.  Any idea what the gas milage is ...

I have a1989 190e mercedes 2litre that i found had the vacume pump for the
centre locking missing,i replaced this and still the centre locking does
not work.When i activate the door locks the vac pump buzzes for about
30seconds but the centre locking does not operate.Has anyone got ...

You have been helpful with my diesel questions, now I would like to
solicit some info about the gasoline variants.
I think I am looking for something along the lines of either a 1995 E
300 wagon or a 1998 E 300 wagon (I have 4 kids). It has been my

Hello my wife has a 1986 300 sdl turbo and I have to remove the shifter
plate(wood) to check the window switches one stoped working...does anyone
know how to remove it with out breaking it...thanks in advance
Will