'01 CLK230 W208 - Fuel and Bulb question
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CLK230 W208
'01 CLK230 W208 - Fuel and Bulb question
Hello All,
I have just purchased my 1st Merc ever from a friend cpl days ago. Its a beautiful 2001 W208 CLK230 Kompressor with close to 200K KM mileage. It was decently maintained before sold i.e.: belt, air filter, spark plug, oil filter, transmission and engine oil as well coolant, etc.
The car works beautifully so far except couple of things thus couple of questions.
1. Very poor fuel consumption
The car starts from cold engine at 10-11L/100km then slowly climbed upwards. Normal city ride reached 18L-19L/100km
. I have yet taken it for long ride on highway but is this normal city ride?? Engine temp seems about 80C-85C. Will O2 sensor replacement actually help? What is considered as normal engine temperature.
2. Tire pressure.
What is the correct psi? tire is 205/55/R16.
3. Engine, Acceleration and braking works fine but BAS/ABS, ESP light is on
4. One High Beam not working. It seems I need H7 55W bulb but i was thinking of replacing whole lighting (Low/High beam) to 35W H7 xenon bulb. Is it okay?
Thank you for responses in advance. Its my 1st Merc and I am still excited despite above points.
Regards,
I have just purchased my 1st Merc ever from a friend cpl days ago. Its a beautiful 2001 W208 CLK230 Kompressor with close to 200K KM mileage. It was decently maintained before sold i.e.: belt, air filter, spark plug, oil filter, transmission and engine oil as well coolant, etc.
The car works beautifully so far except couple of things thus couple of questions.
1. Very poor fuel consumption
The car starts from cold engine at 10-11L/100km then slowly climbed upwards. Normal city ride reached 18L-19L/100km
. I have yet taken it for long ride on highway but is this normal city ride?? Engine temp seems about 80C-85C. Will O2 sensor replacement actually help? What is considered as normal engine temperature.2. Tire pressure.
What is the correct psi? tire is 205/55/R16.
3. Engine, Acceleration and braking works fine but BAS/ABS, ESP light is on
4. One High Beam not working. It seems I need H7 55W bulb but i was thinking of replacing whole lighting (Low/High beam) to 35W H7 xenon bulb. Is it okay?
Thank you for responses in advance. Its my 1st Merc and I am still excited despite above points.
Regards,
Last edited by sz01361; Apr 7, 2014 at 10:30 PM. Reason: Apologize for the typo. It is 20001 model not 2008 :)
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Magma Red W208 55 AMG, W203 C230 Kompressor Sedan 6speed M/T, W220 S500
I don't know much about the motor in your car, so I cant really help with #1. #2 Should be a diagram located on the inside of the fuel door (US models anyway). #3 https://mbworld.org/forums/clk-class...iy-repair.html that link should help. #4 I wouldn't recommend Xenon for high beams, but low beam for sure!
Hope that helps some.
Hope that helps some.
