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I would like to know how MB55 diagnosed the "sludge" problem causing rough engine operation.
He didn't. You have to learn how to translate from Russian. What he means is that the engine is running rough, and he doesn't know why. Therefore the reason the engine is running rough is the least terrible thing possible.
I wonder if Vlad and his team of pipe hitting Russians at the body shop are as knowledgeable about cars as Benzs55? I have a feeling that this thread is going to become even more entertaining very quickly. It's going to become one of those threads in the annuls of history that everyone should show to their kids and grand kids as a guide of what not to do when it comes to complicated luxury cars.
The OP has bigger ***** than Bill "Pill" Cosby. You've got a better chance of raw ******* a cokehead hooker and coming away disease free than fixing this car for a thousand bucks and coming out on top. Hope you didn't tell your wife you decided to "invest" 12k of you guys hard earned money on a depreciating project that will return little to no value. This could turn out to be a complete money pit. If she really knew the deal, perhaps that 12k would be better spent on a good divorce attorney.
You have absolutely no idea what you've gotten yourself into. You may have thought it looked good on the outside and you got a steal, but that car was low priced and salvaged for a reason. It's like the hot schizo/bipolar chick all alone at the bar. She's single for a reason dawg. It may not expose its hidden demons initially, oh but boy they will eventually appear and you'll pay dearly!
Hey, sure, the car may have started, the electronics work, the airmatic suspension functions (for the short term), but what are you gonna do with your 80k mile "Mersaydeez Bins" when you're looking at a 6k+ repair bill from an indy for brakes, rotors, control arms, airmatic shocks/compressor, all of which are not far fetched to need replacement at once with this mileage? And that doesn't even include the electrical gremlins that can appear with the countless # of computer modules. Seeing as how the car hasn't even had an oil change in 15k miles, that should be a tell tell sign of how the previous owners treated this car.
No way would I trust the lives of my loved ones in that structurally compromised tin can of a ticking time bomb if it were to get T-Boned by a semi. If I rode in that car, was involved in an accident and seriously hurt, I'd sue you for every cent you got for negligence.
If I were you, I'd dump the hoe, put that 12k towards a safe reliable vehicle with warranty and save yourself a lot of time, headache and money.
The OP has bigger ***** than Bill "Pill" Cosby. You've got a better chance of raw ******* a cokehead hooker and coming away disease free than fixing this car for a thousand bucks and coming out on top. Hope you didn't tell your wife you decided to "invest" 12k of you guys hard earned money on a depreciating project that will return little to no value. This could turn out to be a complete money pit. If she really knew the deal, perhaps that 12k would be better spent on a good divorce attorney.
You have absolutely no idea what you've gotten yourself into. You may have thought it looked good on the outside and you got a steal, but that car was low priced and salvaged for a reason. It's like the hot schizo/bipolar chick all alone at the bar. She's single for a reason dawg. It may not expose its hidden demons initially, oh but boy they will eventually appear and you'll pay dearly!
Hey, sure, the car may have started, the electronics work, the airmatic suspension functions (for the short term), but what are you gonna do with your 80k mile "Mersaydeez Bins" when you're looking at a 6k+ repair bill from an indy for brakes, rotors, control arms, airmatic shocks/compressor, all of which are not far fetched to need replacement at once with this mileage? And that doesn't even include the electrical gremlins that can appear with the countless # of computer modules. Seeing as how the car hasn't even had an oil change in 15k miles, that should be a tell tell sign of how the previous owners treated this car.
No way would I trust the lives of my loved ones in that structurally compromised tin can of a ticking time bomb if it were to get T-Boned by a semi. If I rode in that car, was involved in an accident and seriously hurt, I'd sue you for every cent you got for negligence.
If I were you, I'd dump the hoe, put that 12k towards a safe reliable vehicle with warranty and save yourself a lot of time, headache and money.
Man, that is so last century thinking, wanting a car that's "crashworthy" and "well maintained" and that "didn't come from a scrap-yard" and "won't bankrupt me".
Man, that is so last century thinking, wanting a car that's "crashworthy" and "well maintained" and that "didn't come from a scrap-yard" and "won't bankrupt me".
Man, that is so last century thinking, wanting a car that's "crashworthy" and "well maintained" and that "didn't come from a scrap-yard" and "won't bankrupt me".
Today's millennials don't even want to own a car. I actually know a 30 year-old who doesn't have a driver's license and never even tried. They're living in suburbia, ~15+ minute walk to the nearest bus stop.
I'm not sure what's worse, being so lazy that you don't even bother to get a driver's license OR being so ambitious as to buy a wrecked S-Class without any experience of working on cars.
Today's millennials don't even want to own a car. I actually know a 30 year-old who doesn't have a driver's license and never even tried. They're living in suburbia, ~15+ minute walk to the nearest bus stop.
I'm not sure what's worse, being so lazy that you don't even bother to get a driver's license OR being so ambitious as to buy a wrecked S-Class without any experience of working on cars.
We own a business and at any given point in time I have a couple dozen millenials "working" for me. They're okay employees but you can only work them up to the number of hours they need to get by. Anything above that and you're cutting into their personal time, and they'll quit. Also, if you schedule them and they decide they want time off, and you don't change the schedule to make that happen, they quit.
If stuff doesn't come fast and easy, they're not interested. Where our generation felt an obligation to an employer beyond our immediate needs, and even loyalty, these guys feel none of that. It's like they've given up hopes of a career entirely in favor of a string of part time, low wage gigs.
Strangely, their material desires don't match their low earning capacity. They still want the nice stuff we want. They just expect to get it for less somehow.
I'm not sure what's worse, being so lazy that you don't even bother to get a driver's license OR being so ambitious as to buy a wrecked S-Class without any experience of working on cars.
You shouldn't completely discount his experience. He did help his dad pull a motor out of a car with a cherry picker when he was 8 years old. Give the guy some credit for Christ's sake!
Originally Posted by Mike5215
We own a business and at any given point in time I have a couple dozen millenials "working" for me. They're okay employees but you can only work them up to the number of hours they need to get by. Anything above that and you're cutting into their personal time, and they'll quit. Also, if you schedule them and they decide they want time off, and you don't change the schedule to make that happen, they quit.
If stuff doesn't come fast and easy, they're not interested. Where our generation felt an obligation to an employer beyond our immediate needs, and even loyalty, these guys feel none of that. It's like they've given up hopes of a career entirely in favor of a string of part time, low wage gigs.
Strangely, their material desires don't match their low earning capacity. They still want the nice stuff we want. They just expect to get it for less somehow.
And people wonder why Bernie Sanders is so popular with millennials. You just explained their reasoning very well.
We own a business and at any given point in time I have a couple dozen millenials "working" for me. They're okay employees but you can only work them up to the number of hours they need to get by. Anything above that and you're cutting into their personal time, and they'll quit. Also, if you schedule them and they decide they want time off, and you don't change the schedule to make that happen, they quit.
If stuff doesn't come fast and easy, they're not interested. Where our generation felt an obligation to an employer beyond our immediate needs, and even loyalty, these guys feel none of that. It's like they've given up hopes of a career entirely in favor of a string of part time, low wage gigs.
Strangely, their material desires don't match their low earning capacity. They still want the nice stuff we want. They just expect to get it for less somehow.
I just finished going on a rant with an associate about the lack of work ethic and abundance of smoke. Talk like a producer and when it's time to get your elbows dirty, there's always an excuse. No one has the time to make it happen. Family and fun are important, but so is paying the bills.
They look for things to complain about and reasons why they're not successful and truth is, it's you. There's no such thing as a free lunch, if you want it, you have to go and get it.
They're our own kids. We f'd them up trying to make sure everything always worked out for them and everybody got a trophy for showing up.
They're also going to be a generation that can't maintain credit. They're great at promising things up front to get something they want now. Then, time passes, the thing they wanted so badly isn't that great, and they needed the money that was supposed to be going to the payment that month to go on a trip with their friends instead.
I have a 20 year old. He's at FSU, all paid for by a pre paid plan. Four years tuition and fees, two years dorm. He drives a 2012 CC I paid for, with insurance I pay for. I deposit $600 a month into his account for extras.
This is his last year of dorm. I told him to get a part time job and find a room to rent or an apartment. He wants to get a student loan instead. I told him to forget the loan and get a job. Now he's not speaking to us, but I'm not budging.
They're our own kids. We f'd them up trying to make sure everything always worked out for them and everybody got a trophy for showing up.
They're also going to be a generation that can't maintain credit. They're great at promising things up front to get something they want now. Then, time passes, the thing they wanted so badly isn't that great, and they needed the money that was supposed to be going to the payment that month to go on a trip with their friends instead.
I have a 20 year old. He's at FSU, all paid for by a pre paid plan. Four years tuition and fees, two years dorm. He drives a 2012 CC I paid for, with insurance I pay for. I deposit $600 a month into his account for extras.
This is his last year of dorm. I told him to get a part time job and find a room to rent or an apartment. He wants to get a student loan instead. I told him to forget the loan and get a job. Now he's not speaking to us, but I'm not budging.
Hold your ground. I'm only 37, but I worked 80-100 hour weeks and bust my butt for everything we have. My kids are 13, 7, and 4 and I started teaching them about hard work and money at an early age. They understand that it takes sacrifice to get what you want. Time or money is what you need. I feel compelled to help them and want to make things easier for them, but there is a fine line between provide for and enable.
One thing is for sure, they see how hard I work and how much I am gone. They also see that there friends and other family members Mom's work and theirs doesn't. My Dad wouldn't let me drown, but he also wouldn't throw me a life preserver unless my lungs started to fill with water. Struggle builds character and makes you appreciate what you worked for.
Hold your ground. I'm only 37, but I worked 80-100 hour weeks and bust my butt for everything we have. My kids are 13, 7, and 4 and I started teaching them about hard work and money at an early age. They understand that it takes sacrifice to get what you want. Time or money is what you need. I feel compelled to help them and want to make things easier for them, but there is a fine line between provide for and enable.
One thing is for sure, they see how hard I work and how much I am gone. They also see that there friends and other family members Mom's work and theirs doesn't. My Dad wouldn't let me drown, but he also wouldn't throw me a life preserver unless my lungs started to fill with water. Struggle builds character and makes you appreciate what you worked for.
His brother, 22, got the same deal. But he walked into the local ABC affiliate and got a job as a video editor at 19. At 20, still going to school full time for TV production, he was getting up at 3:30 AM all week to produce the local morning news. Then the university hired him as a media specialist while he was still a student. This semester he taught the intro to production class at UF. He works as a freelance sports director for ESPN, NFL Films, and SEC network. He grew up in the same house as his goofy brother. Go figure.
I said no thank you to the pneumatic oil extractor. Apparently, you need an air compressor... Didn't realize it said pneumatic until I was at harbor freight.
I changed the battery today.
For some reason, the battery sign still comes up. Could it be the other battery?
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So I took the car on a test drive after changing the oil and after 4 miles the ABS error light came on. Then the restraint error light came on.
I got to a stop sign. As I lightly pushed the throttle the tranny went into what I only know to be limp mode. When I give it gas it takes much more then usual to get it to go. Then my oil gauge went to 0.
I restarted the car and and it was out of "E.D. mode" and the oil gauge worked again. I went to the next stop sign and it limped again. But wouldn't get out of gear 2nd gear. I restarted and came to the last stop sign before the house and it had a moment of power then no response from the throttle. Oil gauge showed 0.
I pulled over and restarted again and barely made it to the house so it wouldn't E.D. on me again.
I believe from reading the manual that those are conditions related to buying a car sight unseen from a scrap yard. Holy crap that thing is a money pit already. It should have nothing wrong mechanically from sitting in a scrap yard after the rear end hit other than a bad battery.
ALX and Quadcammer can help guide you through this, but that's a long friggin list.
Remember when you said the owner intentionally totaled it and I told you to hope you were wrong, because the only reason to do so would be because he was faced with an expensive mechanical problem he couldn't afford to fix?
Maybe all that stuff relates to insufficient voltage from the battery/alternator and that's causing the weird error messages and limp mode issues and the errant oil pressure readings.
03-28-2016, 07:21 PM
