2000 E320 CDI Weird problem
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2013 W204 C63 AMG, 2008 W221 S65 AMG
2000 E320 CDI Weird problem
Hi all.
Sorry for the long rant!
I have been a long time Mercedes lover, both my parents have owned many Mercedes and I have finnaly bought my first Mercedes yesterday!
A 2000 E320 CDI Avantgarde - 134k miles on the clock and you would never know it!
Unfortunately, it has a slight problem.
When I test drove it, no problems, lots of power, bit of smoke, but normal for a diesel I assume?
I have a problem whereas most of time there will be no power and LOTS of BLACK smoke on heavy acceleration (smoke only above 3k ) During this time I dont THINK I hear the turbo whistle but I could be wrong.
Then, out of knowhere, the power will come back, smoke will reduce and everything will be normal again. This I have noticed only when I sit in traffic for a long time, it soon returns to the low power situtation again.
I read another post on here and that user had the same problem but it was a 220 cdi and was a boot actuator valve.
Any ideas?
Thanks for all your help in advance.
Sorry for the long rant!
I have been a long time Mercedes lover, both my parents have owned many Mercedes and I have finnaly bought my first Mercedes yesterday!
A 2000 E320 CDI Avantgarde - 134k miles on the clock and you would never know it!
Unfortunately, it has a slight problem.
When I test drove it, no problems, lots of power, bit of smoke, but normal for a diesel I assume?
I have a problem whereas most of time there will be no power and LOTS of BLACK smoke on heavy acceleration (smoke only above 3k ) During this time I dont THINK I hear the turbo whistle but I could be wrong.
Then, out of knowhere, the power will come back, smoke will reduce and everything will be normal again. This I have noticed only when I sit in traffic for a long time, it soon returns to the low power situtation again.
I read another post on here and that user had the same problem but it was a 220 cdi and was a boot actuator valve.
Any ideas?
Thanks for all your help in advance.
Thread Starter
Super Member
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 643
Likes: 72
From: London UK
2013 W204 C63 AMG, 2008 W221 S65 AMG
Also, might be worth mentioning.
While out driving today, I had a "Warning, OIL level too high!" message, When I stopped I checked the oil and its at the top of the dipstick.
Its my undestanding that these engines are overfilled quite frequently?
Would this cause the performance issue?
While out driving today, I had a "Warning, OIL level too high!" message, When I stopped I checked the oil and its at the top of the dipstick.
Its my undestanding that these engines are overfilled quite frequently?
Would this cause the performance issue?
