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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 13 June 2025, 06:58:20 »

Oil and filter and air filters on TPC.

Also dug out the NSR abs sensor that's be giving an intermittent fault recently and gave it a thorough clean. No obvious damage but it was quite manky. Came out in one piece though, so that's something. If it pops up.again then I'll look at a new sensor.

Found and treated a bit of surface fuzz in behind the wheel arch dog leg and adjusted the parking brake whilst I was there.

Has the Mercedes become an antiseptic liquid?

Oh ffs

If I.ever meet A I Bot... we'll be having words.

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General Car Chat / Re: No milk floats here

« on: 13 June 2025, 06:57:01 »

The way my new car search is going I'll end up with No. 9.     

Well....you're going to have to go through the pain we all do sooner or later. Post up what you're looking for and how much you want to spend and press search....sorry, post 

No I don't want an old Merc thanks. 

Don't know what you mean

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 12 June 2025, 21:15:41 »

The news.

The talking heads are all out again.

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General Car Chat / Re: Travel Costs (Train)

« on: 12 June 2025, 21:12:48 »

Just drive down and pick her up. Or let her figure it out.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 12 June 2025, 21:11:50 »

Oil and filter and air filters on TCP.

Also dug out the NSR abs sensor that's be giving an intermittent fault recently and gave it a thorough clean. No obvious damage but it was quite manky. Came out in one piece though, so that's something. If it pops up.again then I'll look at a new sensor.

Found and treated a bit of surface fuzz in behind the wheel arch dog leg and adjusted the parking brake whilst I was there.

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.5 V6 ticking noise

« on: 12 June 2025, 13:33:07 »

Does it change with rpm?

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General Car Chat / Re: Travel Costs (Train)

« on: 12 June 2025, 13:25:20 »

Go pick her up in the car.

I suffer trains because my short sighted, dim-witted company doesn't like car travel. So in their minds it better for me to have a hire car to go to the train station 15 miles away, then pay Chiltern £100 for a ticket to travel and park, then bring hire car home.  Despite the fact it's cheaper and quicker to drive, paying for Khan the Khunt's taxes and London parking....

That sounds about as retarded as the quest for sustainable aviation when all the waste off a flight has to be incenerated because "it's contaminated"

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Omega General Help / Re: Massive Clattering Noise

« on: 12 June 2025, 13:17:49 »

Job very well jobbed

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.5 V6 ticking noise

« on: 12 June 2025, 13:16:23 »

Does it go away when it warms up?

Sounds like an exhaust manifold tick. That it's been present for a year suggests that it's not a significant mechanical issue.

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General Car Chat / Re: Mercedes S500 Ongoing "Project Upgrade"

« on: 12 June 2025, 01:31:35 »

I assume you have STAR to programme all this stuff in ?

Indeed, not quite full access, but it's a Toughpad with 2023 DAS/Xentry  and a third party pass through box. I might upgrade the pass through to a genuine C5 unit along with newer software at some point, but it gets most things done

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Further ABS fault

« on: 11 June 2025, 13:18:32 »

is the unit fully installed and bled ?

Oh! I wonder if it needs connecting to a Tech 2 type thing to cycle the pump to get the air out to allow it to build pressure:/

Surely a snap off scanner should manage that

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General Car Chat / Re: Mercedes S500 Ongoing "Project Upgrade"

« on: 11 June 2025, 11:28:05 »

11. Massage front seats.

Basically deletes the original memory heated/ventilated multicontour dynamic front seats and adds it all back with massage function. The massage gubbins includes another ECU, wiring , air lines and extra air bladders so swapping the seats is much easier from a retro fit perspective.

Five bolts, two plugs and an air line per seat. And the dig through the various modules to make the controls accessible.

Total time: An 'easy' hour... I say 'easy' because the seat weigh about the same as a Fiesta.

Items required:

Pair of suitably equipped seats. £150.

Factory option cost: £340.

Item cost: £150.

Savings: £190.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 10 June 2025, 21:53:13 »

Collected and fitted the massaging front seats for TCP and coded them in. Should have grabbed them when I picked up the rear seats but hey ho.

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Omega General Help / Re: Massive Clattering Noise

« on: 10 June 2025, 13:02:41 »

Just to add. Belt is definitely on the correct way round.
All marks on cam sprockets, gauge, tensioner and crank line up exactly where they should.

I’ve rotated two turns, and repeated this 3 times. As far as I can see everything looks bang on.

That's about all you can do

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Further ABS fault

« on: 10 June 2025, 08:21:05 »

So do I have to send it off to be checked out, TBH its been sat over 20 years.

Wouldn't be the worst idea unless the wiring diagrams clearly indicate what/where the pressure release relay is for testing purposes.