kokinos

Also is it the standard OBD connection or do you need to buy an adapter from the conventional connection? Thanks for the help

PA_Pete

Should be a standard OBD II connection. It's under the dashboard on the drivers side, towards the drivers door. There is a little door on there, so you have to open that to get to the connector.

kokinos

I found it under the drivers side dash, it's covered by a pull back tab and it's the regular OBD ii connection. Now I'm just curious if it can pick up the MAF sensor like my MB mechanic said i need to change for $750 part plus 1.5 hours labour at $135. I saw the DIY for MAF and it will come in handy if I need to replace it

edit: Thanks Pete was writing my reply while you posted. Also Drex sorry for starting a new topic b/c I did find the info after a 15 minute search on a thread from 2004 in post #22 or so, at least this one will hit google with the current thread name for future searches.

PA_Pete

Okay, good. Did you read this thread that I started a little while back?https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...-cleaning.html

My dealership told me I need to replace my MAF sensor, and it was causing a CEL, I use the cleaner (specified in the thread I posted) and the MAF sensor has been fine since!

mleskovar

Definitely try cleaning it first. The part is $139 http://germanstar.ne/MAF.htm and it should take about 15 minutes to install. And they wonder why some refer to them as 'Stealerships'.

kokinos

Pete just skipped through your thread and will def. get the MAF cleaned in the next few weeks over a few cold ones

kokinos

Are you sure this is the same part for a W203 CL230 with M271? I've searched everywhere on the net and can't find an OEM MAF for my car but have come across this one more then once in my search results. TIA

PS For those in the future my prices are from a dealer up here in Canada, it's seems we've had a mad increase on parts here lately, the down cycle O2 sensor was $350 up here too?

mleskovar

Not sure, I only go by what they say at the sites. Usually they are a little over $300 online so this price surprised me. I don't know what it is in Loonies. :-)