I know it is not only me, having read many, many threads. Most problems come back after a brief period of time.

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joel

Prayers bring forth enlightenment.

That is pretty profound. Although I will say we had our Tibetan Spaniel fixed and it's been good for almost 10 years.

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08 W251 R350
97 W210 E320
91 W124 300E
86 W126 560SEL
85 W126 380SE Silver
85 W126 380SE Cranberry
79 W123 250
78 W123 280E
75 W114 280

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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K

My " Fix " is usually good for a few hours.
On a more serious note, if the problem is fixed right, WHY would it only be good for 2 weeks ?

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2007 C 230 Sport.

Yeah, I don't know what you are reading or fixing, but I have yet to have a chronic problem at all.

That's because they were never fixed.

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Kent Christensen
Albuquerque
'07 GL320CDI, '10 CL550. '01 Porsche Boxster
Two BMW motorcycles

Don't talk about my brother-in-law like that. (even though its true)

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

Hey, what about the other situation? My tach stopped working for a good 6-8 months, and just as I was getting used to ignoring the fact that it didn't work, it started working again! Maybe ignoring problems DOES make them go away...

Here's my sad story - 400E shakes at idle, diagnosis: bad motor mounts, install new motor mounts, shaking goes away, comes back about 2 minutes later, completely refurbish car over next six months looking for source of rough idle. Nothing touches it. Finally discover bad motor mount - new one failed after 2 minutes of service. And it was Boge Sachs, supposedly OEM.

They used to make bumper stickers describing these very situations. Went something like this: " Sh*#@ happens ".

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2007 C 230 Sport.

well that is a sad story.

and if you car hobby enough it will surely happen again. i have chased some pretty elusive problems in my day. i cant remember off the top of my head too many that were never overcome, eventually.

i once spent almost $2000 fixing an obscure problem on a 280e, and it eventually turned out to be the (new) distributor rotor, an aftermarket part that was a little too short and the spark just refused to jump after the cold start valve shut off.

then there was the time i spent almost 2000 to solve a timing problem onmy newly rebuilt 240 d motor. that one turned out to be a worn sleeve that connects the ip to the chain sprocket. install the pump, car runs fine for a while then jumps one of the really fine little teeth and suddenly it is down on poewer, then pretty soon it jumps another and suddenly the car wont go over 50, then finally it jumps agian and the car wont go over 30... now that is too slow even for an automatic equipped 240. and i couldnt find any mb mechanic who had ever seen it happen before and there were some pretty experienced ones who took a stab at it!

the trick is to avoid changing parts without being sure you have located the problem. and that is kindof like saying if you want to get rich buy low and sell high...easier said than done!

tom w

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I ALWAYS buy high and sell low.

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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K

I too, am high when I buy...explains why I paid too much on a lot of purchases!

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

You guys crack me up.

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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K

A real fix means "good as new" if your not able to do this then the best thing to do is pay someone to do a proper repair. I have never had this problem.
Paul
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98 E300