ostrich

I have a 2001 Mercedes C240, about 140K miles. A couple of nights ago, I was switching gears coming home it wouldn't engage in certain gears (or couldn't get the fuel necessary, don't know the terms) but I was able to make it home. The next day When I tried to start the car, it just sputtered and died. I got it towed to a Mercedes shop in West LA (not dealer) and was quoted $1,665. Does that sound about right? I'm not a DIY guy so that's not an option but maybe other places can do it for less or I can get the parts and bring them to an independent shop? I'm leaning towards just having them do it but don't really know my options and was hoping to get some input.

They said I had to replace 2 fuel pumps with the following breakdown:

Fuel pump assembly w/-N $314
Fuel tank sender assemb-N $558
Fuel sender seal-N ($29 x 2) $58
Relay-N $37
Fuel filter-N $64

Parts: $1,031
Labor: $541
Tax: $93

Total: $1,665

Thanks!

insame1

I would maybe double check to make sure that is the problem but that doesn't seem like a bad price.

ostrich

Cool, appreciate the reply

ostrich

Yeah, I sent the estimate to a friend who said "i agree with everything except the fuel tank sender and the relay, unless he can prove that both are also broken, which i doubt." Called another shop who was also skeptical about the fuel tank sender. He said he has the same car and those things don't break, never had a problem.

On the off chance it IS a problem, can I just get this for $178 and pay for labor?

http://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/200..._assembly.html

miike

I think the fuel tank sender is what tells the gas gauge how much fuel is in the tank. Does your gas gauge work?

ige never goofed around with a Mercedes one but the ones I have seen you can test very easily.

insame1

There are two fuel tank senders. The tank has hump in the middle and each unit has a level sensor. Then the car takes the average of the two signals and send it to the fuel gauge.

Gramma_Benz

Do a search for the OEM part numbers, when I replaced mine, I found that they used the same pump on a VW and I got it for like 1/3 of the price. I don't remember the part numbers, sorry.

Check these threads for some info:

https://mbworld.org/forums/c32-amg-c55-amg-w203/474972-fuel-pump-issue.html

https://mbworld.org/forums/c32-amg-c55-amg-w203/438557-failed-fuel-pump-c32-amg.html