I have a 1987 W126 with 60K miles and I am a little concerned. The
temperature gauge indicates about halfway between 80 and 100 which I
imagine is 90. My previous experience with MBs was that the gauge never
got in that range unless sitting in traffic on a hot day.  Weather has

I have a recently purchased 280E 1976 RHD. I noticed after some heavy
rain (I live in Ireland so this will be a regualr occurance) that the
rear passenger footwell has about an inch of water in it.
I have read some previous threads on this and I have been checking

I have a 1987 W126 with 60K miles and I am a little concerned. The
temperature gauge indicates about halfway between 80 and 100 which I
imagine is 90. My previous experience with MBs was that the gauge never
got in that range unless sitting in traffic on a hot day.  Weather has

seems my wife being ever practical appears to like this model the most.  On
the positive side, if I must have an automatic, then at least this model has
one of the continuously variable one.... that's got to help on consumption.
I'm wondering though if the turbo is even worthwhile ...

Has any one noticed that the lights on these cars seem to burn
frequently?
I've replaced 3 turn signals and two break lights in the past three
months...

The transmission fluid on my 230E W124 with 145.000 km, has never been
changed.
MB's ATF costs USD 33 a quarter gallon, at the dealer.
Is it too much?

I have a 1977 300D with 319,000 miles (50K on the rebuilt engine) that
I have owned for about 6 months. I love the car!!
My problem is an engine noise that comes and goes intermittently. At
idle it makes a "chirping" sound like a metallic cricket. Sometimes

I am trying to locate a vacuum leak on my 85 300D. I've isolated it to
one of three hoses that go into the firewall. Two are yellow and attach
to a yellow plastic piece just before the wall. the other is red and
looks a lot like the one that comes out of the firewall and goes to the

Engine turns over but doesn't start, then blue smoke exhausts out the
air intake. I've never seen this happen before. Anyone have any idea
what this could be?

Does anyone have a diagram of 180e or similar, or knows for sure atlest
which is power/ground?
thanks.

I understand that these are independently owned, but since I no longer wish
to bring my MB (2000 ML320) into the dealer for an oil change, any
recommendations? Anything specific (other than synthetic oil) I should ask
for in the way of specific types of filters or servicing ...

I have a 2003 MB E-230 with 30,000 miles on it.  I would like to change
transmission oil (I assume there is a drain plug) and I was looking in
the owners manual and it calls for MB part no. 001 989 21 03 10
transmission fluid.  Is that a "special" MB oil or will other

Hello!  I have a problem that seems to be getting worse over time:  My fan
doesn't always come on when I push the climate control buttons.  I thought
it was only in the hotter weather, but now the same thing is happening,
even though it's cooler.  When the fan DOES work, it's strong ...

(  Adaptive ESP on Sprinter tests well ..... but what about beach
driving?  )
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Mercedes-Benz Sprinter - July 2006

Still looking for the solution to the water collecting on the rear driver's
side floorboard after running the A/C. I know this is condensed water from
the evaporator but need to know just where the drain tube is located so I
can either redirect it or unplug it if that's the ...