My 86 560SEC has a problem - the power seats draw about one half an ampere
all the time, even when key off and car just sitting. The power seats work
when the key is off - is this normal?
There is a relay in the fuse box that gets quite warm. When I remove this

In the early stages of planning to buy a new C300 Luxury Sedan via the
Euro Delivery Program.  Will be having it shipped back the the
States.  Two questions:
1.  When will the 2009 models be ready?

Problem getting worse over past 7 years (summers only).
Temp gauge would spike out at just before red and then drop rapidly to
normal.
   Happened about 3 times first year, mechanic said, all OK, bad gauge.

My long time mechanic tells me that I have a wide open #6 injector which
is causing my rough running and lots of gas smelling blue smoke. He
doesn't do them but recommended another shop to either replace or
rebuild.  He couldn't provide me with a solid quote but maybe around ...

We are on the road near Las Vegas. Temps are over 100 F and used th
airconditioning (1998 C230 MB). We noticed while climbing up hill over
3000 ft that as soon as we turned on the A/C we got some apparent blow
by from the Transmission. Created lots of white smoke as it hit the

My 450sl starts fine and will run for about 5 minutes until it gets
warmed up. At that point it starts to run so lean that is stalls.
I have tested the fuel pressure 73psi (both warm and cold) and it is
within specs. I did a fuel volume test both when it was cold and warm

So, I'm driving down the highway and I engage the
cruise control on my 84 300SD when suddenly I
have a loss of power--nothing.  I get down to about
10mph and I can go again--get up to 15 or so and