I just bought a '99 C230 Kompressor Sport version. The car has brackets for a cover underneath the engine compartment, but no cover. Is there a bottom cover / floorpan on these models? Did the previous owner remove or lose the cover?

Thank you for you help.

Hans

Pretty should there should be a cover down there otherwise known as the "engine encapsulation panel."

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Ali Al-Chalabi

2001 CLK55
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins Diesel
2002 Harley-Davidson Fatboy
Merlin Extralight w/ Campy Record

Most likely there was a cover. I have the same problem with my 560SL. These things get removed and discarded because they are considered a pain in the butt. For my car the pannel swings down and requires a lift to get enough clearance to swing it down. Therefore they are commonly removed by owneres who do there own oil changes or just discarded if they get damaged. Todays MB's recomend removal of old oil with an vacume extractor through the dipstick tube and at the time I left the dealer the new engines were coming out with filters on top. This eliminates the need to ever remove the cover. I will probably get a new cover and deal with it during my oil changes. Does any one have an approximate price on one of these covers for a 560SL

John Roncallo

you can also check at www.club202.com
they have tons of members with cars like yours.

All the 202 I've seen had the one bottom panel, think it uses six (or was it four) special attachment screws.

Your "belly pan", as I like to call them, is probably leaning up against the wall at the last place the oil was changed.