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Old Oct 21, 2004 | 10:43 PM
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Damn that waterpump demon!!

The electrical water pump demon that has haunted many many C32 owners has finally stuck his pitchfork into my electrical water pump. Twice today, I was driving and then I drive off a stop light and oh no... i dont feel the s/c engaging!!! I turn the car off, turn it back on, and it felt normal again. Then later tonight, it happend again after i saw a truck fly up on my rear end and i decided to punch it... loose him, then I slow down again and the demon owned me again. Good thing I caught it early... Im having my dealer order the parts to fix it ASAP and dropping it off when all the parts come in.
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Old Oct 22, 2004 | 01:05 AM
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whats the symptom? not as much power as usual?

my car's a little weird when driving in "D" mode. it will be accelerating part throttle, then it feels like power drops a bit, then comes back. Also sometimes there's no power when it shifts into 3rd or 4th, and I press the throttle w/o downshifting
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Old Oct 22, 2004 | 10:53 AM
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trust me u will feel it when this happens... just try flooring it from a stop and the car just goes nowhere!!
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Old Oct 22, 2004 | 04:07 PM
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Ok, your story is sending chills down my back. Sounds like sooner or later this water pump deamon will track down and suck all the life out of our C32s . Now I know I made the right decision to get that 8year/100,000mile extended warranty.
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Old Oct 22, 2004 | 04:54 PM
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yes i highly urge u get that extended warantee!!! Theres 2 things that r mechanically f'ed up about C32s... the air injection pump and the electric water pump for the i/c!!! MB needs to do some kinda recall!!
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