Starter grease????
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Starter grease????
Re: CLK430 Cabrio. w/Starmark Warr.
Had to take my car in for AC problems.....while there also mentioned that I had had problems with the car starting but then immediately dying, (car cranks strong, starts right up then dies).
Soooo...service manager calls me up today and tells me that the tech found that all the starter was binding because the starter needed to be greased.
The tech would need to pull the stater and regrease it @ a cost of about $110.00
I then explained that the car has always cranked fine, and never had trouble with the starter, and explained the problem again. After a long pause, he said he have the car checked again.
In all my years as a shade tree mechanic...I've never had to grease up a starter. Should I bring the KY I have the feeling they want to "give it to me" 
Had to take my car in for AC problems.....while there also mentioned that I had had problems with the car starting but then immediately dying, (car cranks strong, starts right up then dies).
Soooo...service manager calls me up today and tells me that the tech found that all the starter was binding because the starter needed to be greased.
The tech would need to pull the stater and regrease it @ a cost of about $110.00I then explained that the car has always cranked fine, and never had trouble with the starter, and explained the problem again. After a long pause, he said he have the car checked again.
In all my years as a shade tree mechanic...I've never had to grease up a starter. Should I bring the KY
I have the feeling they want to "give it to me"
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I've had to have that done before due to the same symtoms. They said they lubed the flywheel? Read about another guy on here who had it done so I suggested it to my mechanic, cost me $60 I think? I need it done again now also after a year later. I guess its better than buying a starter and having it installed cause I imagine it would cost alot more than $60!
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Haven't been a mechanic for 20 years, but I know this for sure, if you spend $60 bucks to have your "flywheel" lubed every year to avoid having to buy a new starter, you are being taken and made a fool of at the same time!
As to the first post, Captret you are right, if your starter cranks the engine over strongly and the engine starts ok then dies, it is not in need of having to have the starter bushings re-greased. Total ripp-off! The problem liers somewhere else. My Clk does the same thing about once, maybe twice a year.
As to the first post, Captret you are right, if your starter cranks the engine over strongly and the engine starts ok then dies, it is not in need of having to have the starter bushings re-greased. Total ripp-off! The problem liers somewhere else. My Clk does the same thing about once, maybe twice a year.
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Never said you'd have to have it done once a year, if they said this would solve the problem, even if temporary, I'll pay the $60. If it was something needing replaced, I'd say the mechanic would tell me to have it replaced being they will make money either way? Do whatever you want about the problem, I could care less I was just telling you my situation. As I said before, read about somebody having the same problem on this forum, sure enough having the flywheel lubed made the problem go away, if thats all I have to do in a years time besides oil changes, I can live with it!!
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A different service advisor called be back today....to make a long story short, they said they "lubed the flywheel" because it has a sensor...that if it (the sensor) detects any "metallic" noises it shuts down the car.
Still doesn't sound right to me, but there're not going to charge me though.
I'll have to question this further at the stealership tommorrow.
Still doesn't sound right to me, but there're not going to charge me though.
I'll have to question this further at the stealership tommorrow.
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Originally Posted by captret
A different service advisor called be back today....to make a long story short, they said they "lubed the flywheel" because it has a sensor...that if it (the sensor) detects any "metallic" noises it shuts down the car.
Still doesn't sound right to me, but there're not going to charge me though.
I'll have to question this further at the stealership tommorrow.
Still doesn't sound right to me, but there're not going to charge me though.
I'll have to question this further at the stealership tommorrow.
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2006 E320 CDI.SOLD..'02 CLK430 Cabrio(SOLD),08 Disco3..1996 FLH-TP, 2017 E300
Originally Posted by MarcusF
After confirming that they "lubed your flywheel", you may with to ask them what a "flexplate" is.
As I wrote in an earlier post, he mentioned a "sensor" by the flexplate that needs to be "lubed". I'm not at home so I have not been able to check my WIS or ALLDATA s/w to check on this, and from what I read other people have had their "flywheel lubed".
Still......WHAT I CAN"T GET INTO the techs head is....that my starter ALWAYS cranks fine....the car dies right after it fires up, most of these lube threads deal with a starter,cranking problem.
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I took a look at my WIS. They do mention coating the starter ring gear with paste. They also mention that too much paste can possibly interfere with a sensor. I attached a section of the WIS that discusses it.
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Hey Captret,
Believe it or not....I ran across the "knock" sensor on the CLK and it also states that bad motor mounts could also "trigger" an error code in the computer from abnormal vibration. I'm a little "new" to the late model Benz line but I've been a certified dealership tech for about 16 years and had never seen this "type" of flywheel monitoring sensor. But it is correct that it will "cut" or adjust ignition and/or fuel if a metallic noise, such as "pinging" occurs. Probably to protect the engine ( 8k reman + labor) and the 4 cats in the exhaust (up to 2k) YIKES. Oh, i can pass on some diagnostic info from Snap-On Tools website that i had downloaded when i had my subscription...simular to All Data. Once you go through the different sensors just in the engine control system you can get a little appreciation in what MB was trying to do. I didnt know that ECM(engine control module) retards engine timing between shifts during accelaration.
Just my .02
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Believe it or not....I ran across the "knock" sensor on the CLK and it also states that bad motor mounts could also "trigger" an error code in the computer from abnormal vibration. I'm a little "new" to the late model Benz line but I've been a certified dealership tech for about 16 years and had never seen this "type" of flywheel monitoring sensor. But it is correct that it will "cut" or adjust ignition and/or fuel if a metallic noise, such as "pinging" occurs. Probably to protect the engine ( 8k reman + labor) and the 4 cats in the exhaust (up to 2k) YIKES. Oh, i can pass on some diagnostic info from Snap-On Tools website that i had downloaded when i had my subscription...simular to All Data. Once you go through the different sensors just in the engine control system you can get a little appreciation in what MB was trying to do. I didnt know that ECM(engine control module) retards engine timing between shifts during accelaration.
Just my .02
Ed
