W124 Broke Down!

[Guest mercw124]

Hey guys -

My W124 broke down when I was along Toa Payoh last Friday - the car just died on me after I came to a complete stop when I couldn't accelerate suddenly.

Had to tow the car to the workshop and was told the fuel cap was faulty.

Total damage - $130 (inclusive of tow).

Thankfully nothing serious. :-X

[Guest C350]

Good luck bro, take care.

Let us what the cause of broke down.

heng nothing serious ya. cheer!

[Guest 9339]

It was a real blessing as it only stalls after you had stop, cant imagine if it stall in the middle of the Expressway, cheers bro.

[Guest jenvid]

Even if it stalls... it will cruise gently to a halt. Tried before liao. drove car until no more petrol lor...

[Guest Mike]

might be just the ovp/fuel pump relay that is faulty... =)

[Guest mercw124]

Yep - I'm was so relieved when this entire thing just happened along a non busy stretch at Toa Payoh.

Anyway, the car was towed back to my mechanic before 6.45pm that day and the problem was rectified by 7.15pm!

Apparently the mechanic said something about the fuel cap (sounded something like this) being faulty and it was replaced for $90.00.

It's this thing in the bonnet which has four plugs attached to it if any of you know what I mean!

Phew - nightmare over.

[Guest Cklasse]

Yep - I'm was so relieved when this entire thing just happened along a non busy stretch at Toa Payoh.

Anyway, the car was towed back to my mechanic before 6.45pm that day and the problem was rectified by 7.15pm!

Apparently the mechanic said something about the fuel cap (sounded something like this) being faulty and it was replaced for $90.00.

It's this thing in the bonnet which has four plugs attached to it if any of you know what I mean!

Phew - nightmare over.

description seems to point to the "sotong head". Is there one in Merc like W124 or is it already electronically timed for that era?

[Guest mercw124]

Hmm..I think it's electronically controlled? Because my mechanic was testing out this "circuit"board thing which thankfully wasnt faulty otherwise it would have cost nearly $1000 odd..

Still pretty amateur when it comes to the parts in the bonnet!

[Guest redbell]

u are really consider lucky. my 124 oso always like that. until i got phobia. the last svc bill was $700+. this time dunno gonna rip me how much again... haiz... :'(

[Guest mercw124]

Haha..Well, I still believe that once all the car parts are sound, the car will ride extremely well!

Anyway, anyone can help on this - my fuse for the instrument cluster blew and when I substituted it another fuse serving another electric part for the car, it blew again once i started the car up.

Any take on this? hope nothing's internally faulty..