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1998 e320
need help
my wipers don't work i tried to install a new wiper motor but they still don't come on when u hit the switch u can hear and feel a click on one of the relays.
Also when i'm slowing down my car wants to cut off it cut off on me once but started back up
i have a 98 E320 4 matic with 200.000 mil ther is also a rattle coming from the bottom of the car when i slow down or when i put it in park and rev it 
please help drive smooth again
Also when i'm slowing down my car wants to cut off it cut off on me once but started back up
i have a 98 E320 4 matic with 200.000 mil ther is also a rattle coming from the bottom of the car when i slow down or when i put it in park and rev it please help drive smooth again
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2001 E320 Avant turbo diesel
just happen to know that the wiper is on the same fuse as the blinker system ... but it might have another fuse running that... you checked alll the fuses.
there is a batch of them in the normal under hood fusebox
some in the side of the dash under a plastic flap/cover
some under the back seat by the battery
and less relevantly the ones inside the fake AC box.. under the hood
just incase you missed any
there is a batch of them in the normal under hood fusebox
some in the side of the dash under a plastic flap/cover
some under the back seat by the battery
and less relevantly the ones inside the fake AC box.. under the hood
just incase you missed any
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wow didnt know there were that many fuses in that car.There is a click coming from one of the relays when u put ur hand on it and turn the switch in side on u feel that click on the relay
i swaped the relays around and that didnt work
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If it's a rattle like marbles in a tin can, that can be your cats. They will make noise if you rev in park or when the car is decelerating.
Do you have a rough idle? Or a rough vibration when accelerating? That can be the engine mounts.
If your mounts are good, the stall could be just your CPS.
Do you have a rough idle? Or a rough vibration when accelerating? That can be the engine mounts.
If your mounts are good, the stall could be just your CPS.
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no rough idle when i slow down or speed up it's smooth only when i rev it up sounds like rocks or something no vibration when i speed up well a little but i think i need to rotate my tires
i think its the cats it has cut of on me once but stared right up hasn't cut off sence
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The cutting out could be the cats too... if the catalyst got lodged and blocked the exhaust flow. It would be weird for the car to start right up again though... plausible I suppose, if the catalyst dislodged as soon as the engine stopped.
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i was thinking of cutting of the cats a replacing them with after market ones not oem would any one recomend that or should i just replace the whole exhust with oem parts and oem cats
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yes i live in florida and dont have emissions checks will after market cats make my car sound louderi want my exhust to be a little lauder but not like a rice rocket 
any sugetionsmaybe a muffler upgrade or i could just cut the cats out run a pipe insted of cats will that be to loudi hope thet takes care of the rattle
i want my exhust to be a little lauder but not like a rice rocket any sugetionsmaybe a muffler upgrade or i could just cut the cats out run a pipe insted of cats will that be to loudi hope thet takes care of the rattle
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2003 e320 wagon (210 chassis NOT a 211))
yes i live in florida and dont have emissions checks will after market cats make my car sound louderi want my exhust to be a little lauder but not like a rice rocket any sugetionsmaybe a muffler upgrade or i could just cut the cats out run a pipe insted of cats will that be to loudi hope thet takes care of the rattle
i want my exhust to be a little lauder but not like a rice rocket any sugetionsmaybe a muffler upgrade or i could just cut the cats out run a pipe insted of cats will that be to loudi hope thet takes care of the rattleAlso, do yourself, your neighbors, those driving near you, and the environment a big favor and keep quality cats and mufflers on your car.
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i will check for a lose clamp hope thats the problemdo u think if i install after market cats will make the car sound like a rice rocketi dont mind if the exhust gets little louder i like clean air too
but dont like how rice rockets sound like.And if it sounds more like a v-8 then i would not mind that at all so what kind of after market cats does anyone recommend thank for all ur replys 
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2003 e320 wagon (210 chassis NOT a 211))
I don't know if different cats change the sound that much...
IMO you can't make a v6 sound like a v8. All v8's have a unique sound because they fundamentally have mod8 frequency modes. (not all v8's sound alike, but they all sound similar to each other in a way that is different from any other engine... likewise all v6's will have a similar characteristic sound). A v6 will always sound like a v6 to anyone who knows what to listen for. You can make it louder, you can muffle high frequencies more or muffle low frequencies more (changing the "color" of the sound) but you can't change the fundamental character of the sound, since it's still a v6... IMO.
IMO you can't make a v6 sound like a v8. All v8's have a unique sound because they fundamentally have mod8 frequency modes. (not all v8's sound alike, but they all sound similar to each other in a way that is different from any other engine... likewise all v6's will have a similar characteristic sound). A v6 will always sound like a v6 to anyone who knows what to listen for. You can make it louder, you can muffle high frequencies more or muffle low frequencies more (changing the "color" of the sound) but you can't change the fundamental character of the sound, since it's still a v6... IMO.
