I bought a 1999 E300TD in december with a little over 100K miles. Great car - my truck was killing me in fuel.

I have changed the oil, fuel, cabin filters etc and this site was absolutely fantastic with all the help.

The car has a couple issues that popped up just now. One is the Check Engine Light is on. I had the nice folks at Autozone scan it for me and it is error code P0180 - Engine Fuel Temperature Sensor A Malfunction. I see in this thread that the sensor is part of the fuel shut-off solenoid at the front of the fuel injection pump. I think I found the MB part number 000-078-44-49 (021-997-75-48 O-ring as well)

Question is where is this thing!?!? I am new to this car and do not know my way around. I know where the fuel filter is though (replaced that right off) My guess is that the part is no good but maybe it's just a loose connector...

Also this appears to be a dealer only part - does any one know where I can get this part w/o the arm and leg the dealer will want?

Somewhere I read that the computer will deactivate the turbo on this car for some/all? CEL error codes - is this true? How would you tell?


Thanx in advance for any information you can provide.

Andy