Have you considered the fuel filter?

Michael

Yes that was one of the first things we changed. The car is at the mechanic now - I'll let everyone know if they fixed it. The place I took it to is the Bedminster Texaco - now Shell and they pretty much can fix anything. They deal with alot of older model cars - although they couldn't find the problem when I first took it there, but since most of the folks in Bedminster are "old money" - they do alot of work on older model mercedes.

The problem is complex and I would think that MB dealer or a MB only mechanic would be ideally suited to deal with it. Plus, MB dealer has parts that they can replace and check that a generic mechanic shop no matter how good they are, cannot do. But good-luck anyway

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Saumil S. Patel

Thanks Saumil - unfortunately Millenium Mercedes here in Bridgewater would not work on the car because it was to old and most of the parts they said would take weeks to order. Morristown Mercedes was awesome they said that they would take it but because of the year again it would be awhile for parts and that for the cost per hour it probably wouldn't be worth it. They did recommend me to a gentleman that used to work at their shop for 22 years that had actually opened his own shop in Dover or Rockaway, NJ who only worked on the older mercedes, but that was just to far for me. Bedminster Texaco has a large clientele that own the older mercedes so I trust them totally. They can be a bit pricey, but if you tell them what other shops charge for the same procedure they usually come down on price.

Lindasue, MB dealers can normally get genuine MB parts overnight ... if they can't then an independent won't be able to either. I'd say they were trying to avoid your business because they lack qualified techs who know how to service the older models. Even if the MB dealer had to wait for parts it's not costing you money ... they don't start a meter and bill for the elapsed time the car is there ... lame excuse.

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Fred Hoelzle

In my experience, the Stealership tends to turn up its nose at our old cars.

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2012 E350
2006 Callaway SC560

Wow !! We are lucky here in Houston, Star Motors is a great dealership. And whenever I need parts (for 87 260E), they have it in stock and if not they order them for me and will come the next day. Not only that, if I have some questions, I can right away ask a mechanic in their shop. But as you all said, they may not have too many mechanics left to fix mechanical fuel injection systems where the diagnosis cannot be made by hooking up a computer. Some dealership may have none. We also have good non-dealer mechanics that specialize in MB only like C&J.

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Saumil S. Patel

Amen to that!