02 Clk55 air filter
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02 Clk55 air filter
Ok I checked the air filter for the first time on my Clk55. Removing it was a snap except for the many screws. Now my car has 43xxx miles and it seems its the original filter! It says AMG Mann. Damn it was dirty! I put the new OEM Mann filter. Also I removed the screen on the air box opening going into the MAF. The MAF sensor also has two screens. Didnt touch those. Why so many screens? No wonder it was slowing me down!
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All the fluids are fine. What other service is required at 43xxx miles?
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A lot of the maintenance is time or mileage. For example, the service manual says the air filters are good for 60K miles or 4 years. They were due two years ago. Aside from the A/B service, these should be done -
- Every 2 years replace the brake fluid
- Every 3 years replace the coolant.
- Every 4 years or 50,000 miles check the condition of the flex discs.
- Every 4 years or 50,000 miles retorque the steering gear bolts.
- Every 4 years or 60,000 miles replace the fuel filter.
- Every 4 years or 60,000 miles replace the air filter elements.
- Every 4 years or 60,000 miles check the condition of the fuel filter nozzle seal in the filler neck.
- Every 5 years or 100,000 miles replace the spark plugs
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A lot of the maintenance is time or mileage. For example, the service manual says the air filters are good for 60K miles or 4 years. They were due two years ago. Aside from the A/B service, these should be done -
- Every 2 years replace the brake fluid
- Every 3 years replace the coolant.
- Every 4 years or 50,000 miles check the condition of the flex discs.
- Every 4 years or 50,000 miles retorque the steering gear bolts.
- Every 4 years or 60,000 miles replace the fuel filter.
- Every 4 years or 60,000 miles replace the air filter elements.
- Every 4 years or 60,000 miles check the condition of the fuel filter nozzle seal in the filler neck.
- Every 5 years or 100,000 miles replace the spark plugs
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As an ex-wrench, and having been an automotive technical writer for a number of magazines over the past 10+ years, "I feel" a little safer doing the maintenance. The fact that I like working on cars is an added bonus. But that’s me. I know guys that HATE working on cars. We’re all a little different.
Regarding the items I listed they're all pretty inexpensive, but there are valid reasons for doing the maintenance:
- The rubber seals on the edge of your air filters may never get old, harden, and stop sealing like they did when they were new, but I’ve personally seen where that was the case. You may want to check out the difference in flexibility between your new and old seals. A pair of Mann Air filters are under $40 and takes me about 20 minutes.
- I’ve personally seen where the low mileage fuel filters were clogged. Ask any motorcycle rider, half filled fuel tanks will result in a sediment filled filter. Maybe yours won’t. A Bosch fuel filter is $35 and takes me about 25 minutes.
- Brake fluid is hygroscopic, and begins absorbing moisture the second the seal on the bottle is broken. Old fluid, which contains a ton of water after a few years may not rot out your brake calipers, master cylinder, or your $1700 ABS pump, but $15’s worth of fluid and an hour’s worth of my time means I don’t have to worry about it.
- Your cooling system may not rust out from old coolant, but other people have experienced different results.
- I’ve personally seen stripped threads in aluminum heads that were caused by trying to remove old sparkplugs. Hopefully yours will be fine, but that’s the reason for the time schedule, to ensure you can safely remove the plugs. This is the most expensive part, and I only paid $7.50 a plug at the dealer service counter.
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damn good advice. i need to look into the time intervals on my car. it only has 30k on the clock but i bet i am getting close to some of the time intervals. thanks
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Hey man, I’m not looking to argue. I’m just answering the question you asked. If you don’t think the air filter deteriorates, don’t change it. It’s your car, do what you feel best. Maybe it’s my fault you took it all wrong. Perhaps I should have been more explicit and said the mileage and time schedules I posted came from the 2002 service booklet that Mercedes Benz supplied when my car was new. Not a dealer doc, but the factory doc. Check out the docs that Mercedes-Benz shipped with your car. If you don’t have one, the booklet is MB part number P-6515-8084-13. A new one retails for $3.50
As an ex-wrench, and having been an automotive technical writer for a number of magazines over the past 10+ years, "I feel" a little safer doing the maintenance. The fact that I like working on cars is an added bonus. But that’s me. I know guys that HATE working on cars. We’re all a little different.
Regarding the items I listed they're all pretty inexpensive, but there are valid reasons for doing the maintenance:
As an ex-wrench, and having been an automotive technical writer for a number of magazines over the past 10+ years, "I feel" a little safer doing the maintenance. The fact that I like working on cars is an added bonus. But that’s me. I know guys that HATE working on cars. We’re all a little different.
Regarding the items I listed they're all pretty inexpensive, but there are valid reasons for doing the maintenance:
- The rubber seals on the edge of your air filters may never get old, harden, and stop sealing like they did when they were new, but I’ve personally seen where that was the case. You may want to check out the difference in flexibility between your new and old seals. A pair of Mann Air filters are under $40 and takes me about 20 minutes.
- I’ve personally seen where the low mileage fuel filters were clogged. Ask any motorcycle rider, half filled fuel tanks will result in a sediment filled filter. Maybe yours won’t. A Bosch fuel filter is $35 and takes me about 25 minutes.
- Brake fluid is hygroscopic, and begins absorbing moisture the second the seal on the bottle is broken. Old fluid, which contains a ton of water after a few years may not rot out your brake calipers, master cylinder, or your $1700 ABS pump, but $15’s worth of fluid and an hour’s worth of my time means I don’t have to worry about it.
- Your cooling system may not rust out from old coolant, but other people have experienced different results.
- I’ve personally seen stripped threads in aluminum heads that were caused by trying to remove old sparkplugs. Hopefully yours will be fine, but that’s the reason for the time schedule, to ensure you can safely remove the plugs. This is the most expensive part, and I only paid $7.50 a plug at the dealer service counter.
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- The rubber seals on the edge of your air filters may never get old, harden, and stop sealing like they did when they were new, but I’ve personally seen where that was the case. You may want to check out the difference in flexibility between your new and old seals. A pair of Mann Air filters are under $40 and takes me about 20 minutes.
- I’ve personally seen where the low mileage fuel filters were clogged. Ask any motorcycle rider, half filled fuel tanks will result in a sediment filled filter. Maybe yours won’t. A Bosch fuel filter is $35 and takes me about 25 minutes.
And which Bosch filter do you use for CLK55 W208?
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When changing the air filters, the MB maintenance manual states to lubricate the sealing ring of the air cleaner MAF opening with liquid lubricant. "Naphtolen H" is specified. A light film of 303 Aerospace Protectant will do. The MB part number for Naphtolen H is 0009890160, and it costs $65.
Bosch makes a cabin filter. Mann is the OEM for the engine air filter. Both Pelican Parts and Autohaus AZ carry those parts at reasonable prices.
Bosch makes a cabin filter. Mann is the OEM for the engine air filter. Both Pelican Parts and Autohaus AZ carry those parts at reasonable prices.
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I've had a K & N air filter on my 55 since it hit 25k. It now has 150k, still has the original MAF. I've had the filter out for cleaning and new oil 3 times.
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I'm running K&N's too now
I have had an oiled K&N in my 95 for over 140K with no problems, and I just put two in my CLK this weekend. I also run them on other MAF cars with no problems - do not over oil them, and let the oil wick around for a good hour before installation. I have not had any problems with a MAF because of oil, and I have been running MAF cars for years. The Bosch platinum wire units self clean at turn off by heating to about 1000 degrees for a second, and the nickel film units can become contaminated, but this is mostly from varnish from fuel backing up through the intake manifold. Either way, you can clean them with a good aerosol electronics cleaner. If you see a P0171 or 0174 code, you likely have a contaminated MAF, clean it and you should be good. I think a bigger concern is a lean condition caused by low fuel pressure or dirty injectors rather than oil from the filter. That's the only way I have ever killed a MAF - and it was on a 1K+HP car that I had a leaking regulator and a bad injector on.
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