99 C230 Kompressor
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99 C230 Kompressor
I have had this car for about 6 years now, lately it has been starting rough. Once warmed up it runs perfectly fine. I replaced the air & fuel filter, which seemed to help but not totally fix the problem. (there did seem to be a lot of water in the fuel filter.) I cleaned the butterfly on the throttle body and the one to the air filter box. This seemed to have corrected the problem for a short period of time, less than a week. Now it is back to starting up very rough and will not run well until warmed up. I appreciate any and all suggestions.
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Not sure what that is but mine does the same thing. I know a few people with a C230 of different years and we all have to let it warm up for about 3 minutes or so. The guy I bought it from said that this is just how Mercedes are. This is my first one so I took his word for it. I have gotten used to it so it doesn't bother me.
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Not sure about it being normal, as the dealer mentioned it as an issue to address the next time I had it in. It only did it for the last 10 months that I had the car... which at this point is kind of a non-issue now. Some guy plowed into me the other night and totaled out the car. I will say, what I did do, cleaning the throttle body, and the butterfly at the air intake, also changing the fuel filter, did help.
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I am sorry to hear that.. I hope you are ok and they got the guy. Some people need to go back to driving school.
I will try your suggestions. Will you be getting another one? This model must be pretty good. I called every junk yard in Jacksonville yesterday to try to find some speaker covers and a few other simple interior parts and no one had a Mercedes C230 between 97 and 2000.
Again, hope you're ok..
I will try your suggestions. Will you be getting another one? This model must be pretty good. I called every junk yard in Jacksonville yesterday to try to find some speaker covers and a few other simple interior parts and no one had a Mercedes C230 between 97 and 2000.
Again, hope you're ok..
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I have had this car for about 6 years now, lately it has been starting rough. Once warmed up it runs perfectly fine. I replaced the air & fuel filter, which seemed to help but not totally fix the problem. (there did seem to be a lot of water in the fuel filter.) I cleaned the butterfly on the throttle body and the one to the air filter box. This seemed to have corrected the problem for a short period of time, less than a week. Now it is back to starting up very rough and will not run well until warmed up. I appreciate any and all suggestions.
