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mark Poduska 10-25-2018 10:11 PM
e550 airmatic problems
 
hey first post, my 2010 e550 used to drop to the ground in park but now won't rise at all, I have replaced the pump and the leveling valve, kind of at a loss, perhaps the struts leak, is there anyway to test them prior to randomly replacing them, also is there a cheap but reliable aftermarket alternative? thanks in advance for any help....

Steel.Grey.MB 10-26-2018 01:45 AM
Originally Posted by mark Poduska (Post 7586481)
hey first post, my 2010 e550 used to drop to the ground in park but now won't rise at all, I have replaced the pump and the leveling valve, kind of at a loss, perhaps the struts leak, is there anyway to test them prior to randomly replacing them, also is there a cheap but reliable aftermarket alternative? thanks in advance for any help....
I replaced my rear air struts with Arnott aftermarket brand couple years ago and they are holding up well. Way cheaper than OEM.

Tmaxxman 10-26-2018 10:50 AM
Just went through the same thing and if you bought a valve block from anyone other than MB that is probably your issue . I ended up taking mine to a shop and was informed that they usually don't work and they ordered one from a MB dealer and all was good .

mark Poduska 10-28-2018 01:08 PM
Originally Posted by Tmaxxman (Post 7586856)
Just went through the same thing and if you bought a valve block from anyone other than MB that is probably your issue . I ended up taking mine to a shop and was informed that they usually don't work and they ordered one from a MB dealer and all was good .
I did use an after market at one point when the system was intermittently erratic so when the problem became worse I switched back and it doesn't seem to be related to the valve block...
so I bought an air compressor and pressurized the fronts independently and the left front just blows out by the tire, the right seems fine, no leak.... where can I find a left front air strut?

mark Poduska 10-28-2018 01:09 PM
Originally Posted by Steel.Grey.MB (Post 7586615)
I replaced my rear air struts with Arnott aftermarket brand couple years ago and they are holding up well. Way cheaper than OEM.

where can I find a left front? Arnott only has rear..... are they the same for w211 and w212?

KEY08 10-28-2018 01:15 PM
The front struts are not the same from W212 and W211

konigstiger 10-28-2018 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by mark Poduska (Post 7588474)
where can I find a left front? Arnott only has rear?
OEM rebuilds: http://www.rebuildmastertech.com/


https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...c104b0ee0b.jpg

konigstiger 10-28-2018 02:30 PM
In addition, check harness: https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...ompressor.html

mark Poduska 10-28-2018 03:39 PM
do they only do rebuilds? it looks like they want me to send my strut in.... btw thanks a lot for the help and the pdf's

belarus27 10-29-2018 10:44 AM
Ebay
car-part.com (i got a used strut from them not sometime back)
dealer
rebuild
you kinda limited on the fronts , hard to find. So your options are not that wide.

mark Poduska 11-01-2018 11:07 PM
im sending it out to be rebuilt, ill post when I know if it helped :)

Nicolas Farinas 11-06-2018 03:50 PM
Originally Posted by mark Poduska (Post 7588474)
where can I find a left front? Arnott only has rear..... are they the same for w211 and w212?
arnott started selling fronts last week..4matic only. Are u sending to rmt? I will be purchasing 2 fronts from them sometime in the next couple of weeks when the shop takes my old ones out

Tmaxxman 11-06-2018 04:12 PM
Merecedes Benz only on the 2010 E 550

mark Poduska 11-10-2018 10:46 AM
yes, it is in transit to RMT right now, ill let you know how it works out...

Arrie 11-12-2018 07:54 PM
So now I will throw this in. Very weird.

If if I leave my car on sports setting over night the rear of the car drops down. Both sides evenly all the way.

If if I leave it on comfort it does not drop down. How is this even possible?

belarus27 11-13-2018 11:59 PM
Originally Posted by Arrie (Post 7601747)
So now I will throw this in. Very weird.

If if I leave my car on sports setting over night the rear of the car drops down. Both sides evenly all the way.

If if I leave it on comfort it does not drop down. How is this even possible?
could this be due to a larger amount of air when car in comfort?

Arrie 11-14-2018 06:00 PM
Originally Posted by belarus27 (Post 7603031)
could this be due to a larger amount of air when car in comfort?
But the car does not seem to drop at all when left in Comfort height.


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