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Slight leak from rear window, after 14 years some rubber and plastic needed replacing. This vehicle is a UK import taken to Singapore and with 6 owners, it looks like a 1995 masterpiece.
Fantastic car for $35,500 with 2 years COE left. Complete fake - built 1986 looks 1995. Brand new paint, leather and wheels.
8 months later - still love my car.
Now 200,500km (on second speedometer).
Very reliable for a 14 year old car - almost better than my VW beetle.
Yes, a very reliable, sturdy, and comfortable car indeed. slow in pickup, but runs great on the highways! good cruiser. has a very strong body, good built quality and runs on pretty good low consumption. a workhorse with minimum maintenance.
Hi Steve.
I would like to seek your advice on the small plastic hose connections for my 1986 200E (Carb) engine.
There are so many that I don't know the actual connections. I wud greatly appreciate your advise.
I'm residing in Jurong West and wud like to meet up with u
sometime.
200E is a fuel injected model so a carburetor w124 2 l model is a 200 same as mine. if you cannot find where the vacuum hoses go here is the answear, the smal black plastic device with two connetions has one hose from the connection nearest to the carb (the second connection has no hose) and goes to the small alu circle with three fixing screws. this also has 2 connections. connect the previous hose to the connection nearest the carb & the other hose from the second connection to the right hand side connection on the mounting plate. the central hose goes to the distributer system, whilst the left hand hose goes to the large circular device beside the throtle linkage. these instructions if followed correctly are definitaly correct. report any progress! p. s replace vacuum hoses with braided ones of same diameter etc as these will not perish (i asume that this is what you are doing as I have no idea why you would remove them in the first place)
I drive a 1994 MB C180 and it's a very handy vehicle to run around Melbourne, Australia. It is fuel injected 1800cc 16 valve 4 cyl engine with not too much power. Is this a popular choice there in Singapore. Its running only on regular unleaded against the manual suggestion for premium. Regular is cheaper and gives it a more smoothly running and idling engine. My weekend car, but sometimes used during the week for outings at night. It's a teal blue/green unusual colour. Inside is mushroom beige. Had some problems to solve recently, had some done already like water pump, belt, tensioner, battery, sunroof, repaint bonnet, etc. Am considering to put in a superchip to boost its power. Anyone over there had any experience with this product?
Hi Steve;
Hope yr still driving yr masterpiece lookalike.
Thanks for the advice on the Vaccum Hoses, but I am still
unable to get it right as mine has been modified with a
K & N air filter system.
Hope I am able to catch up with you to take an physical
look and these complicated connections.
My Tel just in case (65) 93804179.
Progress report:
Now at 250,000Km on second speedometer (bought with 190K Km on 2nd speedometer) as reliable as ever - Just tyres servicing, and smaller moving parts (brakes, radiator, battery). COE renewed 5 years to March 2007. so only worth S$16K with 3.5 years to go. Will probably find a home for it in Malaysia in 2007!
Progress Report on 1986/92 registered car:
SBU9977 - still running fine.
Now 5 years of ownership and only 2 non-starting days in 100,000 km.
OK - new engine fitted at $3,000 in 2004.
Another complete car silver paint job for $900 due to small accident.
Drives so nicely - but fuel consumption is higher than my commercial diesel Mercedes van.
Love it!!!
Only 2 years left of non-renewable COE. sob sob.
Dear Steve.
Where did you get your COMPLETE paint job (silver) for just $900?
And which mechanic do you go to?
Anyone has a reasonable mechanic to recommend in Singapore?
By the way>>>>I owe a 200E Mercedes Benz 1992 make, which is a fuel injection Model that is upgraded to look like E200.
It drinks too much - 1 litre, even after I fix the BROQUET device from Uk and after Grounding Wire can afford barely 6-6.6 kilometre per litre.
Is that common?
Anyone has any idea what kind of transmission oil should I use if I were to send it to a normal mechanic? I don't want the mechanic's ignorance to cost me transmission issues 20,000 km later!
Steve, would appreciate your comments.
Thanks.
David Kam
Singapore 02-94244248 (mobile)
Ps - Totally agree that Mercedes is great for cruising on highways. Really nice feeling.
Progress Report on 1986/92 registered car:
SBU9977 - still running fine.
Just hit 300,000km on this second spedometer. (April 2005)
only 23 months left of COE.
Very Very reliable.
End of this story:SBU9977M
6th June 2005 - Some one bought my 200E for $9900.
They got a good deal for 22 months remaining.
Within 24 hours I bought another E200 auto 1989 C&C no sunroof. But with extendable COE for $17,800.
Hi Guys.
Interesting page and comments. I run a 1958 Mercedes 180a in Sri Lanka. I have problems in finding parts for this and though I will try in Singapore. Do you guys know any place that handles my vintage type of cars? Any tips would be appreciated and I could be contacted on +94 777 87 2323.
Thanks
Pradeep.
Hi Steve.
I am driving a 1991 200E 8v injection and it is everything you say, except for the consumption bit, it's hovering around 8.5 - 9.0 km/l. I exchanged my Hyundai Matrix 6 months ago and I have never looked back. It was $23k for 5.5 years left so it was pretty cheap. Of course now it could be cheaper.
May I trouble you with a question? The 200E has its spark plugs specified and there are only 3 choices. I am wondering whether you have ever used any other performance spark plugs before? Also, is there any way or gadget to reduce petrol consumption for this car?
Many thanks for your time
I'm Ow Mun Chong, finally bought a 200E after almost 18 months procrastinating. No regrets. My email is munchong@singnet.com.sg.
Mine a 1991 W124 also had 6km/l fuel consumption. But after cleaning the fuel distributor to the injectors and re-tune the engine, the consumption now is closer to 8.5L/km. Will be glad to know if there are other ways to improve fuel efficiency.
Hi,I'm from Sri lanka and owns 1986 W123,230E, Fuel injector version, my problem is,vehicle always fails to start in first instance, according to my mechanic, this is an inherited problem in fuel injected w124's.and has no solution other than to convert the car to Carburetor.
Can someone comment on this.
Regards
Mayura.