Misfire ect
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2003 c230
Misfire ect
Last weekend I did an oil change on my wifes 2003 c230. Wheb=n done I took it out for a drive and had no issues. The next day she went to take it to work and as she was driving(not far from home) it started sputtering and idling really hard. I looked at when I got home and found that Cyl 2 & 4 were misfire and the camshaft postion sensor was in open.
I changed the plugs( but not the coils or wires), cleared the codes. Same thing. Poor thing sounds like it is dying a harsh death. Checked the codes again Cam sensor back on. Replaced sensor. Same thing. This time no codes at all.
So upon further reading I checked the $12 hose. It looks new and is in good condition. But during the process of diassembling everything I found that there was oil in the MAF sensor harness.
Also when I put the key in Postion 2 a humming noise comes from the throttle body and there is an apparent oil leak there also. The hose that comes off it is covered in oil. Help.
I changed the plugs( but not the coils or wires), cleared the codes. Same thing. Poor thing sounds like it is dying a harsh death. Checked the codes again Cam sensor back on. Replaced sensor. Same thing. This time no codes at all.
So upon further reading I checked the $12 hose. It looks new and is in good condition. But during the process of diassembling everything I found that there was oil in the MAF sensor harness.
Also when I put the key in Postion 2 a humming noise comes from the throttle body and there is an apparent oil leak there also. The hose that comes off it is covered in oil. Help.
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2003 c230
update 1.2 : Cleaned MAF, Throttle body, all elec connectors. Found oil in injector elec harnesses, also cleaned. New air filter was installed. After all that I put it back together; guess what, Camshaft position sensor code (p0010) showed up again. This is a brand new sensor from MB. WTF is going on. Going for fuel filter. Does anyone have any ideas?
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From: NNJ
'11 C350 '13 F150 lariat
not sure on that model, if you post in the right forum for that year those guys would know better. you got a w203, you are in the w204 forum. Post in there and maybe a response. sounds like you may have a blown gasket if theres oil comin in from the top intake side
