lychyrychy

Hello All ,

I'm new to the forum and will be picking up an 03 CLK55 with 14k miles on the clock. I hope learn more about the car and in turn contribute some useful info here on this forum.

So at 14k miles, should I flush all the fluids? Anything else I need to look at? Sorry if this is not the right forum to post.

All comments are appreciated!

Chappy

Did you obtain the service records/books from the previous owner?

lychyrychy

Not exactly as the car is still in his possesion, he said I can get all the records from the dealer. My main concern is that the car is 7 years old and the fluids might have been contaminated sitting that long...

Chappy

Understood. AMGs do not like to sit....they prefer to be driven regularly - that goes for all MBs.

Personally, I would consider changing all the fluids if there has not been evidence of timely service.

That includes:

Radiator Flush
Oil
Transmission
Brakes
Differential
Washer fluid optional

Congrats and welcome!

lychyrychy

Thanks much! I flushed all my fluids on my S2000 when I bought it last year at 15k miles...I'm going to flush all fluids for the clk

Thanks for the welcome!

Chappy

F14Tomcat

For W209s, the manual doesn't ever call for the transmission fluid to be changed. However, it is the opinion of most of us that it definitely should be changed around 60K.

One thing you do definitely need to check - does the car have a Valeo radiator? The transmission fluid runs through the radiator for cooling, and those radiators had a nasty little habit of leaking coolant into your transmission fluid. My experiences with it here: http://www.amgpower.com/forums/showt...p?t=422&page=3

Congratulations on your purchase, and welcome!

lychyrychy

/\ fortunately, I did some research here on the forum and found out the bout the defects of the Valeo coolant tank/radiotor. I brought up the issue with the seller and he said he had it checked out and it was fine....

Thanks for the warm welcome!

lychyrychy

F14TOMCAT,

I see that you have projector head light in your 04 clk55. Can I retrofit those into my 03... I love the projectors in my s2000 and it would be nice to have those in the clk too...

M-bENZ

man I cant believe you can find one of those ///AMG with 14K miles and its an 03....dats a good deal.

Andy

lychyrychy

Thanks Andy, I was going to get an 02 M3 with 37k miles...but somehow came across this one and couldn't resist...test drove it and was sold on the spot lol...

F14Tomcat

Our '04 came with the bi-xenon lighting package. I have no idea if you can retrofit those to your '03. Hopefully somebody with more knowledge will chime in and answer.

M-bENZ

ok I dont know whats the previous owner do to my car but mine is not a 55 but I got that Xenon package for my CLK 320..I should have say thank you to that owner lolz.

M-bENZ

of course you couldnt resist the ///AMG...I would take the AMG over the M3 anyday but dont get me wrong I love to have both lolz.

Andy

DBLNICKL

welcome aboard...if anything, always make sure ur on top of maintenance with ur vehicle...happy trails homeboi!

Stiggs

Welcome! Nice find with only 14K miles. You can probably retrofit the Xenons but it will cost you. Search the forum...it must have been posted before. Also check out the W209 forum as well. Good luck.

Hi TC!
Come back to AMGP!

fredbaum

Stupid statement on my part - but check the tires as well. Look for evidence of unbalanced alignment - and check the conditions of the rear tires. I looked at three or four before I bought mine - and the cars all pulled to the left or right. With corresponding evidence of tire wear. You will get used to your 55 eating tires for breakfast - but mostly on the rears. MB also told me to watch for a couple of other non-obvious things in a car thats been sitting:

Memory seats - do they respond to the key - and does the headrest move up and down when seats move forward and have full travel

Do the air pockets on the seats inflate and deflate fully

Do the heated seats (if equipped) function on both sides.

Fluids - definitely agree - flush the lot - replace it all.

Air conditioner - does it blow really cold air ? Does it need re-gassing/charging etc.

Take it easy for the first 500 miles.

fredbaum

On the other question on retrofitting lights - I know two guys here that changed the light assembly to bi-Xenon (imported cars - not original European spec). Mine has it already and it was standard in the european models from 03 onwards. So the guy at the dealer told us all cars could handle it - but in the US for some reason it was an option.

The Bi-Xenons are by far a better lighting system and its not just an appearance thing. If you can pay for it do it !

lychyrychy

Thanks much Fredbaum!!! I will definitely flush all fluids as the car is a 6 years old car regardless of the mileage.

Chappy

Spark plugs are supposed to be changed at 5yrs or 100K miles.

lychyrychy

/\ what's the cost on the spark plugs?

Chappy

Don't know...I'm not a DIYer. IN general, spark plugs are 'relatively' inexpensive. Since we have 3-valve per cylinder arrangement, there are 2 spark pulgs per cylinder - total of 16.

lychyrychy

thanks for the info man! I'mma take a look at that too!

lychyrychy

Also I've seen a light blue-ish tint on some Benz and was wondering if that comes from the factory....does anyone know anything about this?

Chappy

Yes, came from the factory like that. The W208 CLK55 and CLK430 had the tint.