SL/R230: ABC problem
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Get a second opinion from an indy.
Buy the strut from fleabay - somebody here has paid about $400.
Both ABC lines leaking??? I don't think so.
Indy with StarDiag should be able to do this repair.
Buy the strut from fleabay - somebody here has paid about $400.
Both ABC lines leaking??? I don't think so.
Indy with StarDiag should be able to do this repair.
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I had a nail in the rear drivers side tire, took it to a tire shop, they jacked up the car on that one tire and fixed it, shortly after started getting ABC messeges, first messeges were ABC take to workshop, then the dreaded Red lettering ABC drive carefully, called Mercedes dealership, which is and hour and a half away from Red Deer, was told may take a few days to track down problem, so I took it to a locale Garage that does repairs on European cars, looked at the ABC oil and said that I had air, took it in, he flushed it and bled it (Rodeod it before) works like a charm cost: $290.00 including tax, Canadian, so get the obvious checked first, the jacking up of the rear tire caused air in the system.
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I never had abc warning ever, just a fleeting thought occurs to me if the MB service intentionally caused the leak.....I brought the car home from service and there was oil on the ground next morning on the front passenger side????? never happened before
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07 ML63 Silver Dead at 85k, 14 RS5, 05 SL600
bypassing strut?
Is your car dropping down on one side or one corner? Oil from the reservoir flows into the strut to raise the car and back to the reservoir to lower it. If the strut is bypassing it is not uncommon for the reservoir to overflow. The car will go back to its normal height when you start it and there will probably be no more leaks after the first time it bottoms out. You can run the car like this for a long time. If the leaks are continuos you better solve it. I believe it is the same pump for the brakes.
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Now when I asked my delaer to go ahead and change the strut and both ABC lines he says that he had his service foreman look at the car and it will be $5300 and not $3980 for the job.....what the f**k, these MB service are just other sale Wh***s. $5300 to change one strut and two ABC lines in an SL 600 is a clean rip off, what do you guys think?
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Agreed, there are plenty of indy dealers in all major cities who do competent work and very reasonable prices. Especially for someone without a warranty, doing to the dealer for major repairs is committing financial suicide.
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Do it yourself. Nothing complicated.
PM for procedure from the DVD.
If you lived Missouri/Kansas I could have loaned you my STAR Diag setup.
Saved me dollar$ already on an SRS problem on my W203.(Water through rear seat cushion from a leaking icebox).
PM for procedure from the DVD.
If you lived Missouri/Kansas I could have loaned you my STAR Diag setup.
Saved me dollar$ already on an SRS problem on my W203.(Water through rear seat cushion from a leaking icebox).
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I think that's an excellent suggestion, and use some of the money saved to buy your own SDS -- that is, if they are still available from China inexpensively.
You know it's simple to lower you car with SDS, right? And if you run 93-octane fuel you can change a setting in the ME 2.8 adaptations to take advante of this and get more power and better fuel econony?
You know it's simple to lower you car with SDS, right? And if you run 93-octane fuel you can change a setting in the ME 2.8 adaptations to take advante of this and get more power and better fuel econony?
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2005 SL55 AMG, 1986 Porsche 930S, 1996 Porsche 993tt
where did you buy the STAR Diag?