Fuel Smell and Resolution GREAT news !
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2011 c63 AMG
Fuel Smell and Resolution GREAT news !
I had to share this so it could potentially benefit any of my other amg brothers here on the forum.
As most are all aware, there is that fuel smell and subsequent fuel pump/filter/sending unit issue and gas leaking out of "most often" the drivers side unit under the passenger seat... In my 2006 e55.. i started to small that smell of concern about a month ago....so I was aware things were going down a bad road.. I also have 95K on the car so i consider myself fortunate to have lasted this long...... the other day, after driving around, then parking i could not restart the car even though I had 1/4 tank left.
so that, along with the smell made me make an obvious deducing that the unit finally went kaput.. I verified this by grabbing a gas can and putting 5 gallons in.. car ran fine. So the drivers side unit was obviously no longer sending gas over to the passenger side tank.
so here I am thinking that i have to research and buy and plan for the repair.. and i see that these units are around 500 each.. so even with DIY im at a grand and more with bushings/gaskets etc.
now the good news..
thanks to this forum and other research i did...... i find that MB put out a free 15 yr unlimited mileage warranty on these parts for all 03 to 06 w211 amg cars... So today I call MB.... they tell m bring the car in asap.... i do that.... They just called me and confirmed the issue is as i thought and that everything is covered under that MB warrenty and i get everything .... pumps filters gaskets tanks... FREE.. 3K worth of dealership repair.. all they do is run your VIN to verify
So I encourage all.. if you have any inclination that you have this issue, call your MB dealer....now
I hope this helps someone...
As most are all aware, there is that fuel smell and subsequent fuel pump/filter/sending unit issue and gas leaking out of "most often" the drivers side unit under the passenger seat... In my 2006 e55.. i started to small that smell of concern about a month ago....so I was aware things were going down a bad road.. I also have 95K on the car so i consider myself fortunate to have lasted this long...... the other day, after driving around, then parking i could not restart the car even though I had 1/4 tank left.
so that, along with the smell made me make an obvious deducing that the unit finally went kaput.. I verified this by grabbing a gas can and putting 5 gallons in.. car ran fine. So the drivers side unit was obviously no longer sending gas over to the passenger side tank.
so here I am thinking that i have to research and buy and plan for the repair.. and i see that these units are around 500 each.. so even with DIY im at a grand and more with bushings/gaskets etc.
now the good news..
thanks to this forum and other research i did...... i find that MB put out a free 15 yr unlimited mileage warranty on these parts for all 03 to 06 w211 amg cars... So today I call MB.... they tell m bring the car in asap.... i do that.... They just called me and confirmed the issue is as i thought and that everything is covered under that MB warrenty and i get everything .... pumps filters gaskets tanks... FREE.. 3K worth of dealership repair.. all they do is run your VIN to verify
So I encourage all.. if you have any inclination that you have this issue, call your MB dealer....now
I hope this helps someone...
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2004 E55
I had to share this so it could potentially benefit any of my other amg brothers here on the forum.
As most are all aware, there is that fuel smell and subsequent fuel pump/filter/sending unit issue and gas leaking out of "most often" the drivers side unit under the passenger seat... In my 2006 e55.. i started to small that smell of concern about a month ago....so I was aware things were going down a bad road.. I also have 95K on the car so i consider myself fortunate to have lasted this long...... the other day, after driving around, then parking i could not restart the car even though I had 1/4 tank left.
so that, along with the smell made me make an obvious deducing that the unit finally went kaput.. I verified this by grabbing a gas can and putting 5 gallons in.. car ran fine. So the drivers side unit was obviously no longer sending gas over to the passenger side tank.
so here I am thinking that i have to research and buy and plan for the repair.. and i see that these units are around 500 each.. so even with DIY im at a grand and more with bushings/gaskets etc.
now the good news..
thanks to this forum and other research i did...... i find that MB put out a free 15 yr unlimited mileage warranty on these parts for all 03 to 06 w211 amg cars... So today I call MB.... they tell m bring the car in asap.... i do that.... They just called me and confirmed the issue is as i thought and that everything is covered under that MB warrenty and i get everything .... pumps filters gaskets tanks... FREE.. 3K worth of dealership repair.. all they do is run your VIN to verify
So I encourage all.. if you have any inclination that you have this issue, call your MB dealer....now
I hope this helps someone...
As most are all aware, there is that fuel smell and subsequent fuel pump/filter/sending unit issue and gas leaking out of "most often" the drivers side unit under the passenger seat... In my 2006 e55.. i started to small that smell of concern about a month ago....so I was aware things were going down a bad road.. I also have 95K on the car so i consider myself fortunate to have lasted this long...... the other day, after driving around, then parking i could not restart the car even though I had 1/4 tank left.
so that, along with the smell made me make an obvious deducing that the unit finally went kaput.. I verified this by grabbing a gas can and putting 5 gallons in.. car ran fine. So the drivers side unit was obviously no longer sending gas over to the passenger side tank.
so here I am thinking that i have to research and buy and plan for the repair.. and i see that these units are around 500 each.. so even with DIY im at a grand and more with bushings/gaskets etc.
now the good news..
thanks to this forum and other research i did...... i find that MB put out a free 15 yr unlimited mileage warranty on these parts for all 03 to 06 w211 amg cars... So today I call MB.... they tell m bring the car in asap.... i do that.... They just called me and confirmed the issue is as i thought and that everything is covered under that MB warrenty and i get everything .... pumps filters gaskets tanks... FREE.. 3K worth of dealership repair.. all they do is run your VIN to verify
So I encourage all.. if you have any inclination that you have this issue, call your MB dealer....now
I hope this helps someone...
Scroll up just a little on the main w211 AMG page... it has its own sticky =D
( https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...4-12-23-a.html )
