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Havent been online in a while been going around the world and working . thought I would just give an update on my w202 . Since I last posted I have put in a battery , Replaced the whole cooling system pipes sensors and radiator . Replaced water level sensor , replacing brake light switch tonight and throttel position sensor tomorrow morning . Planning on doing a service next month . Working on my car has become so easy ever since my uncle purchased a workshop where he works on trucks I just go there and put my car up on the ramp and help my self to tools and anything i need . 🙂 Love the forum
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2 or 3 photos . Just haven’t uploaded them . I always think to my self I need to take photos when I do the work but I I just get stuck in and get going . Forget about everything and just work on the car .
recently the car has been vibrating very badly on pull off . Went to my new mechanic to see what he may think it is . Together we came to the conclusion that it was either the center bearing on the propshaft or the stabilizer arm . Turns out it was the center bearing . Been replaced and the car is once again smooth just like a old Benz should be .
Nice, I’ve got a 96 C220 w/ 193k miles myself. Absolutely love the car, my first Merc and certainly won’t be my last. I wouldn’t trade it for even a brand new 2014 Honda, Kia, Toyota, etc. Although they are finicky little things and parts are expensive, I was pleasantly surprised how easy German cars are to work on having owned mostly Asian cars until now. Now I’m hooked on German for life.
They are great cars . i would not trade her in for a new merc . But i agree on that they finiky to work on and can be expensive to repair . Recently i had tyo track down a new cam shaft position sensor and the only place i found on was on a wreck . guy charged 400 rand ( around 40 us dollars) for the sensor where as mercedes wanted wanted R2000 for it and 6 weeks to import to South Africa . But its awesome ot meet another passionate w202 owner
Little update for year 2015 of my Benz.
General service was performed along with re wiring the spark plug wires and that was it for unplanned maintenance.
Unfortunatly the car suffered damage after hitting a massive rock on the highway at 120 km/h. Had to replace steering dampner, two tires, repair a rim,get a tie rod fixed. There is still a a small shake in the steering wheel when going around a corner on the highway no idea what that is.The whole rock in the road thing is thing that happens here in South Africa they lay rocks accros the highway so people drive over them casuing damage to the car and then they stop and when you stop they will mug you or steal the car there has been one time where people where killed as a result of this crime. Fortunatly i knew what was happening and kept driving for 15km to the nearest place of safety not knowing what damage was done to my benz all i know is 20km/h was the max speed i could do.
Holy crap brother I’m glad you’re okay! It would be scary enough to hit a huge rock at speed like that let alone be worried about it being a trap. Really sorry to hear about the damage to the car. I would replace all the joints in the steering linkage – both tie rods, idler bushing, and center drag link. Other than that, you could have bad control arm bushings or ball joints. I recently found a loose upper ball joint on my w202. Still going strong at 224k miles!
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