Gear issue

[littlewhite]

Hi Guys those having Class with millage above 150K .....have you encounter this?

 

 

the idelling was up an down while stationary..........

 

open up and this is the problem......

 

i would say its wear and tear........

 

 

[CES KLASS]

Yes, bro littlewhite, I encountered this same issue about a month ago, although no idling problem like yours but couldn't start the car at all due to compression lost according to C&C SE! Need to replace the 2 wheels with the teeths which I saw in your picture exactly like mine, some of the teeths on the wheel broke! (Sorry, didn't know the exact name of the wheel called)

[littlewhite]

yeah man........was shock to see it.......i thought my car up the lorry already when the cloth was cover up........;(((

 

[Phang]

This is not uncommon for M271 engine since W203 including E Class models that uses the same engine too

 

Google "M271 camshaft adjuster sprocket" you will see many such failures

 

All I can say is you are lucky to pick it up early before it causes more damage to the engine.

 

 

[PearlJam]

Looks like worn-out gears, perhaps due to starvation of lubricating oil or inferior material?

Perhaps the engine was not allowed to warm up a bit before full acceleration?

 

It is a shame this happens to mercedes engines!

I expect the engineering to be much better.

That is why these days I am no longer a badge-whore.

[littlewhite]

just an update......gear changed and everything is perfect now.... smooth as silk and the engine noise had decreased significantly..........

 

this ride had served me well and i had clocked 180k in 6 years and no major problem so far......start stop driving in singapore.....and seriously i had abused it quite a bit and i am surprised it had served me this well

 

will be driving this ride for a another good 4 yrs......giving abit of love to it....this car will serve me well

cheers

[Phang]

just an update......gear changed and everything is perfect now.... smooth as silk and the engine noise had decreased significantly..........

 

this ride had served me well and i had clocked 180k in 6 years and no major problem so far......start stop driving in singapore.....and seriously i had abused it quite a bit and i am surprised it had served me this well

 

will be driving this ride for a another good 4 yrs......giving abit of love to it....this car will serve me well

cheers

 

Glad to know that 

 

can you share with us the size of the bill?

[mulderang]

just an update......gear changed and everything is perfect now.... smooth as silk and the engine noise had decreased significantly..........

 

this ride had served me well and i had clocked 180k in 6 years and no major problem so far......start stop driving in singapore.....and seriously i had abused it quite a bit and i am surprised it had served me this well

 

will be driving this ride for a another good 4 yrs......giving abit of love to it....this car will serve me well

cheers

Ya bro can share the bill size? I was quoted over 2k for a repair like this.

 

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[hanks]

Definitely more than $2k to replace because the two camshaft adjusters already cost $1.5k

[Danerine]

Hi I am also having this issue on my w212. So far for those bros having this issue and have checked, what is the investigation results?

[kepiting1sg]

Hi I am also having this issue on my w212. So far for those bros having this issue and have checked, what is the investigation results?

 

Had my 4 yrs 3 mths W212 105K km auto cam adjusters replaced recently for $3000+ 2 months ago by AutoSpritze.

Problem started 1 year back when once in a blue moon the car will not accelerate, then suddenly it was back to normal.

3 months back CEL (Check Engine Light) comes on!

Diagnostic check pointed to the cam adjusters!

I travel to Johor daily and put in about 750km a week.

Didn't want to take the risk the car die on me on the other side of the causeway.

Some unlucky owners get the problem as early as <60,000km