2-W210 1998 E300 questions - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

ROLLGUY · #1 02-14-2014, 12:56 PM

I have 2 friends (Jim & Dave) with identical (even the same color!) 1998 E300 TURBODIESEL sedans. Both of them are having issues that I am not able to figure out. Any help would be appreciated. Jim's car is displaying the BAS/ESP light, and ABS as well. Is there an easy test I can do to find out what component is bad? Will a standard OBD2 code scanner work? The car is also displaying the glow light and check engine light, but I know it has a bad glow plug, and one is on order.
As for Dave's car, it has been throwing a turbo wastegate solenoid code during hard acceleration. It then limits the power until the code is reset (Dave has a code scanner handy at all times). I first replaced the rubber hoses to the solenoid, as they appeared to be bad (old and cracked). I thought the problem was fixed, but it showed up again a few days later. I then borrowed the solenoid from Jim's car (known good one) to see if that was the problem (no need to spend $150 for a dealer part that may not be bad!), but it still throws the same code. Could there be some other part of the system (other than the solenoid itself) that would cause the same code? I am very thankful for the folks here in DD. I don't remember ever going away from a thread empty handed here. However, this has not been the case over in Tech Help (gasser forum). I have an unanswered thread over there for a week or so.....Rich