lionheart153

so i just drove my c230 coupe 2002 a 500 km drive to another city for school. Im worried **** about it, cuz one day after filling up with shell prem gas, that night, the gauge drops to 3/4 all of a sudden so i lost liek 1/4. i turned my car off for like 5 mins and turned it back on and it went back to ful. but after that, i went to get a coffee with a friend came out and noticed there was some liquid right int he middle, between id say the front 2 tires. and on the way home mayb eit was just my eyes but the temp for the coolent rose to like almost 90
stop at like 88 or 87?
is this normal? or should i be concerned im like freaking out here.
i recently got it checked before i left and it was all good new oil, but mechanic did mention that my transmisson oil was a bit too high but nothing serious..

any idea guys??

bcss

did you turn on the A/C ?? while you were driving to Coffee??

maybe its just water...

lionheart153

well it was at like 20?? and ec rest was not on, sooo maybe? and it was like more then 88, it was like 90 some now come to think of it...
but i just went to check on it, oil is OK and it doesnt seem like it went over to 95 or anythng. maybe my eyes are just messing with me.

kirax2

happened some time, just a random faulty gas gauge, it will go away.

is just false reading, mostly happened to me during the summer time

e1000

isn't there a recall about this?

EDIT - nope it was for 2005+ cars.

aecasasus

Faulty fuel gauge or sending unit... Either could work well(most of the time) for years before they completely fail or break down.

Hayezb

I'm with you on the engine temp part. I just took my car to MB and they said "its running like a champ", but my average is around 95. Heard thats not normal either, and I never use my AC, I'm a windows down guy.

Saprissa

lionheart153 & Hayezb
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