The focus is on recent and current Mercedes-Benz Diesel engines, how they work, how they fail, their diagnosis and repair.
The 'Oil Motor' Part II – Mercedes-Benz Diesels
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Factory Service Bulletins: Early Upshift / Delayed Downshift; Rear Cap and Top Front Cover Oil Leak
These suggestions and solutions for technical problems are from service bulletins published by Mercedes-Benz, selected and adapted for independent repair shops.
Parts News: Sheetmetal; Diesel Injection Pumps
Whether for vehicles long out of production or for modern ones, your best source for Mercedes-Benz parts is Mercedes-Benz.
Revivals!
Few cars make better restoration projects than a Mercedes-Benz, and few factories can provide such detailed assistance, in parts and in information. Should your shop conduct revivals?
The 'Oil Motor" – Mercedes-Benz Diesels
Mercedes-Benz introduced the first Diesel car in 1936, and the company is still pioneering compression-ignition technology.
Factory Service Bulletins: Rear Door Panel; Soggy Rug, Sooty Exhaust; Coil Corrosion; False Failures; Fuse; ABS
These suggestions and solutions for technical problems are from service bulletins published by Mercedes-Benz, selected and adapted for independent repair shops.
Parts News: Emission Components; Dependable Brakes
Whether for emissions controls or for brakes or for other vehicle systems, parts from the original manufacturer have features available nowhere else.
Driveability Puzzles
This issue let’s consider some puzzles that left different shops stumped for some time.
Them’s the… Brakes! Decelerating the Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz cars have some of the most powerful deceleration systems in the automotive industry. Here are some of the Mercedes-Benz brake specifics.
Emissions Mission: Detox
We want to drive, but we want to breathe. So we have many emission control technologies on engines.
