I am curious. I know several 190e and 300e owners have had luck replacing the potentiometer only as opposed to replacing the whole air flow meter. But I can only recall reading posts from 16v owners giving up and buying the whole meter.

Please share.

Tinker

Tinker,

With the 16V air flow housing it is next to impossible to do any thing with the potentiometer UNLESS you remove the complete housing. After doing that 5-6 times at 2+ hours each, you can tend to get weary & just give up.
I did it on my 1986 190E 2.5 16V just 2 weekends ago in 2 tries, about 3.5 hrs.

MB # 000-074-23-14 is $755!!! so time can be your friend.

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M.B. Doc,

I know what you mean, getting at the pot in the 16V's can be a bear.

I have removed my air flow sensor a few times for other reasons, so I have the time.

It took you two tries to set your's up? Any tricks you could share?

Thanks,

Tinker