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  • #4952
    johnybean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭johnybean


    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/big-spec-bmw-745li/12570311


  • #4953
    CheezePleeze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 232 ✭✭CheezePleeze


    Mercedes benz CLS 350 2006
    ZDQyMmJlNDdhNDI3NDAzNjI5ZThkMjg0YzhlN2JmODTGaWMXRiCiAxWaSWG0s77iaHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtMS5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2RvbmVkZWFsLmllLXBob3Rvcy9waG90b181NTEwNjY4Mnx8fDYwMHg2MDB8fHx8fHx8fA==.jpeg

    €4,550
    NCT Jan 2017

    Me, I like these - a lot...

    Ad says it needs a timing chain, so it's honest, which is always a good start :-)


  • #4954
    ofcork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,501 ✭✭✭ofcork


    Isn't that crazy that a 77k car needs a timing chain.


  • #4955
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    Could it be that it's reached it's time change point of ten years?
    I am only guessing but I'd say that's what that is!


  • #4956
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,148 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Chains don't have time change points and should last the lifetime of a car (several hundred thousand km)

    If one is gone, there is either a design weakness and / or the car wasn't serviced properly

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



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  • #4957
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,086 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Never liked the finish of the wood on the dash of those CLS' - much prefer it to be polished like it is on the steering wheel.

    You would probably be budgeting a few grand for a timing chain on one of those too.


  • #4958
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    Wonder how much a timing chain would be for that CLS, are we talking hundreds or thousands?


  • #4959
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,925 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Wonder how much a timing chain would be for that CLS, are we talking hundreds or thousands?

    Well North of €1000 anyway, V6 so has to be an engine out job.

    couldn't see it making the asking if it was mint so with the engine issue it's an ornament.


  • #4960
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,925 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Wow.....

    http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/engine/125869-m272-v6-engine-durability.html

    http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/engine/124888-272-engine-balance-shaft-problems.html


  • #4961
    26000 Elephants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,152 ✭✭✭26000 Elephants


    Augeo wrote: »
    Well North of €1000 anyway, V6 so has to be an engine out job.

    couldn't see it making the asking if it was mint so with the engine issue it's an ornament.

    A good independent should do it for around 800e. Its an in-situ job.

    But I imagine that the timing chain is only the start of the issues for that woeful engine


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  • #4962
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,925 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    26000 Elephants wrote: »
    A good independent should do it for around 800e. Its an in-situ job.

    But I imagine that the timing chain is only the start of the issues for that woeful engine (although I thought they had them sorted by 2006?)

    to be fair when is a timing chain replacement just a timing chain replacement? As you say it's merely the start.
    The parts would be €300/€400 alone for a chain kit.


  • #4963
    26000 Elephants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,152 ✭✭✭26000 Elephants


    Augeo wrote: »
    to be fair when is a timing chain replacement just a timing chain replacement? As you say it's merely the start.
    The parts would be €300/€400 alone for a chain kit.

    Yeah, as soon as you whip off the covers you will probably be looking at new balancer shafts, seals, etc...

    All the metal swarf will be eating into your big ends as well.....


  • #4964
    daRobot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,378 ✭✭✭daRobot


    unkel wrote: »
    Chains don't have time change points and should last the lifetime of a car (several hundred thousand km)

    If one is gone, there is either a design weakness and / or the car wasn't serviced properly

    Not with modern mercs anyhow. The chains are not how they used to be and they do go, even if the car has been serviced on the button.


  • #4965
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,925 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    daRobot wrote: »
    Not with modern mercs anyhow. The chains are not how they used to be and they do go, even if the car has been serviced on the button.

    Poor design so.
    A routine change isn't in the service schedule.


  • #4966
    26000 Elephants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,152 ✭✭✭26000 Elephants


    Is it not an inspection item, to be replaced if the links/guides show wear?

    If not it should be!!


  • #4967
    jayo26
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,779 ✭✭✭✭jayo26


    26000 Elephants wrote: »
    Is it not an inspection item, to be replaced if the links/guides show wear?

    If not it should be!!

    Not that easy to inspect a chain. I know on my accord if you don't use 0w30 oil it causes damage to chain and guides over time.


  • #4968
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,479 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    CheezePleeze wrote: »
    Mercedes benz CLS 350 2006
    ZDQyMmJlNDdhNDI3NDAzNjI5ZThkMjg0YzhlN2JmODTGaWMXRiCiAxWaSWG0s77iaHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtMS5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2RvbmVkZWFsLmllLXBob3Rvcy9waG90b181NTEwNjY4Mnx8fDYwMHg2MDB8fHx8fHx8fA==.jpeg

    €4,550
    NCT Jan 2017

    Me, I like these - a lot...

    Ad says it needs a timing chain, so it's honest, which is always a good start :-)
    I know a guy who has one. It has been a total money pit.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #4969
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,148 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Augeo wrote: »
    Wow.....
    Poster on BenzWorld wrote:
    MB in their wisdom modified the camshaft adjusters and the sensors to allow for bigger parameters, a cheap fix and the cel did not come on again but the balance shaft continued to wear. However this modification (cheating really) allowed the car to reach the end of its warranty before total failure

    :eek:

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #4970
    ofcork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,501 ✭✭✭ofcork


    Read a cork forum where a guy had to spend 5k on a gearbox rebuild and a couple of sam modules on a 7 year old cls.


  • #4971
    percy212
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭percy212


    This is a very overpriced luxobarge. I wish I had the money to buy it and burn it to a cinder!


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  • #4972
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,086 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    classic-tax-lpg-luxobarge-of-the-week

    https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mercedes-280-se-lpg/12541125

    NWZjMTRmNzcwYWUyZTVlNWQyNzBlYjc2NTE4NWQ4OGYFbBfzL1Im_e3_GLw2qsLTaHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtMS5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2RvbmVkZWFsLmllLXBob3Rvcy9waG90b181NzQ5OTA2OXx8fDYwMHg2MDB8fHx8fHx8fA==.jpeg

    Five grand. If you're looking for a barge thats a bit different...this might be it?


  • #4973
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    Pity there's no NCT on it. It would be a good candidate if it did! Still a nice car though :)


  • #4974
    monkeynuz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,115 ✭✭✭monkeynuz


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    Pity there's no NCT on it. It would be a good candidate if it did! Still a nice car though :)

    What's the problem with it not having nct?


  • #4975
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,148 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    W126 is my favourite saloon of all time, but chances are that one is completely rotted
    monkeynuz wrote: »
    What's the problem with it not having nct?

    I hope you are joking :)

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #4976
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    monkeynuz wrote: »
    What's the problem with it not having nct?

    I thought that was one of the rules of this thread? Maybe not I don't post here ofter but I assumed it was the same as bangernomics.


  • #4977
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,086 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    The rules are
    Luxobarge requirements:
    Price: Max €5k (updated by moderator)
    Tax: Irrelevant

    But tbh I fully get behind what Ded_Zebra is saying. For 5 grand if a €56 NCT couldn't be talked into the deal I'd walk, and probably look at this decent (albeit non-lpg'd) '380 with NCT for the same kind of money and from a Mercedes enthusiast

    https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mercedes-w126-380-se-new-nct-/10176145

    NGUyZGViNDdiMTE3MGYyODQwMzgwMzA3NWM5ODdhNDW0vBZjvwMHUgIPCcfN2rayaHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtMS5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2RvbmVkZWFsLmllLXBob3Rvcy9waG90b180NTM3MzgzN3x8fDYwMHg2MDB8fHx8fHx8fA==.jpeg

    Anyway...sorry for all the links. I keep looking at these online :o


  • #4978
    crazyjim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭crazyjim


    I think the original CLS hasn't aged well at all. I find it bloated and overstated

    I think a few of the current generation mercs are not going to age well once the shininess goes off the paint job e.g. CLA
    I've nothing against the marque. I've owned a couple.


  • #4979
    monkeynuz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,115 ✭✭✭monkeynuz


    unkel wrote: »
    W126 is my favourite saloon of all time, but chances are that one is completely rotted



    I hope you are joking :)

    No, I thought nct on classic cars was optional not compulsory in Ireland, I know they need to be roadworthy but they don't need a valid nct.


  • #4980
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    monkeynuz wrote: »
    No, I thought nct on classic cars was optional not compulsory in Ireland, I know they need to be roadworthy but they don't need a valid nct.

    Pre-1980 cars are nct exempt. Anything registered from 1/1/80 needs a yearly test.


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  • #4981
    monkeynuz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,115 ✭✭✭monkeynuz


    Big Nasty wrote: »
    Pre-1980 cars are nct exempt. Anything registered from 1/1/80 needs a yearly test.

    Thanks for clearing that up for me.


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