2003 S600

I just got my car back from body shop and I floor it from a stop and it upshifts, does not spin wheels and no power off the line. What could be the problem? They replaced all radiators, oil cooler, heat exch, ac condenser, rad fan. Tranny fluid level ok. All vacuum hoses look ok. This has kleemann ecu/tcu so it normally lights up tires even with esp on.????????

MRAMG1

Did they vacume fill the IC/HE system

The IC's are MUCH higher than the HE and as such it requires a vacume filling procedure to get ALL of the air out. The MB shop manual is VERY long and detailed about this issue.

That's my guess

Good luck

2003 S600

yes they had the dealer do that, I have replaced the intercooler hoses that go under the coil packs with 1inch clear hose so I can visually see if there is air in the lines. I thought it was the tps or throttle position sensor that kept making it upshifty but I replaced it and it did not fix it. If the tps goes bad the tcu and ecu are not on the same page and you might start off in 5th gear thus no power.

2003 S600

I think I may have found the problem. With the air boxes off the right turbo spins slower than the left. When I turn off engine right one stops about 7 seconds before left one does. Maybe the bearing is bad. The shop did run my engine for a short time with no oil to get the car off the flatbed when it was towed to body shop. Oil cooler line broke off in accident. I was told it ran just to get it off the truck. Would that damage turbo?

Viet_Amg408

ALL BAD BLAME IT ON BODY SHOP..

Benz5656

I have a question because I'm concerned.......when was the last time you had to crank a car up to tow it?????!!!!! You mean their lazy @$$ couldn't roll it off the back of a flat bed and get two guys to push it into the shop?? Ridiculous!!!!

(Aren't those turbo's oil cooled?? No oil means extreme friction and heat, two things that do not go together well)

2003 S600

car has a valve block abc problem. when car is shut off it drops like a low rider and would rub fender arches if rolled out. still they could have rlled it off w/o starting.

2003 S600

they ran the engine to raise the car, abc was dropped on all four wheels=need valve blocks i think. I noticed my gas milage is much worse now too and runs hotter. Maybe the running with no oil caused more friction in the engine parts causing more heat production and less gas milage and less hp. I cant even spin the tires from a stop even in dyno mode. I used to be able to spin tires with esp on without even trying.

2003 S600

do you think it could be a clogged cat? That would prevent spooling of turbo right?

my transmission fluid level is too high, I am siponing a quart out. Could that cause it to upshift and lose power off the line?

2003 S600

Had dealer run codes and diagnose, boost and tranny codes came up: P2001 Charge pressure too low and P2318 One or more messages from control unit N15/5 (Electronic selector lever module control unit) are not available on the CAN bus. (CAN timeout fault) ---both current and stored. Anyone know what I need to do?

cameraman123

Jeeze, this is what happens when you run a MB with no oil, millions of chain effects. blame it on body shop, im suprised you didnt rip them, i remember this story from a while back

2003 S600

maybe wastegate is stuck open not allowing boost? What is above trany code?