93 400e 130,000mi

about 2 months and $1300 ago I had the dealer replace the wiring harness. After reading and reading this forum, I decided that I'd rather make someone else do it. Now I'm about to replace the water pump. Which was replaced 1 year 2 days ago just over 9000 miles. I was very busy with my house so I had someone else do it. Never again.

Now I'm wondering about the evaporator now. How do I tell if this was replaced? Also, wouldn't it be great if there was a subforum or something with a thread for each model listing all its known problems and popular performance mods? Sorry if this has been suggested before. I'm not lazy, but it just seems that I keep coming across more and more information about this car by accident. It would be nice to have a place to go to make sure I haven't missed anything.

There is a DIY section that has DIY articles by the area of the car such as engine, but not by model. I think your best bet is getting the factory manual on disc so you can do your own service and then use the Shop Forum to find out peoples real world experience with whatever you need to service or repair.

The factory discs are typically $20 for two discs. There are people here that sell them also. Good luck with your repairs.

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Doug

1987 300TD x 3
2005 E320CDI

What is making you wonder about your evaporator?

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

I have the discs and they are pure gold. I was just suggesting that maybe there be a thread for each model telling us what to look for. I'm only worrying about what work is ahead of me. Just throwing an idea out there. There's nothing wrong with the evaporator, I just keep seeing it mentioned when I'm searching for other stuff.

I wouldn't touch the evaporator if your a/c is working fine. On later W124's, my MB tech tells me that evap failures are the exception, not the rule.

As a general rule, common failure parts on your chassis are: wiring harnesses and throttle actuators.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

And Aux. fan resistors

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

I had a similar situation with my daughter's jetta water pump. It was repaired by the dealer then failed after 13 months. The dealer warranty was for 1 year but they took care of it as a warranty repair anyway. At 1yr plus 3 days maybe you can still get the shop to repair it as a warranty job.

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