Hi All,

I have been on the forum for sometime now... but havent seen anyone talking about MERC 230E. Why ???



By the way please comment about my car (picture attached !) everyone. It's a 1990 model 230E.

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Because it was never sold in the USA. There are some here but they have been privately imported and are considered grey market cars. Here's my 230E...

Ditto that!

I never knew much about the 230E, but from reading posts, it was evident that 99% of the owners were from countries other than the US...

...My Haynes manual doesn't even cover the 2.3L engine...hmmmm

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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

Good to see someone else who owns a 230 E. I am the third owner of my 230E and so far I'm satisfied with the vehicle. I do often have trouble with parts availability but have recently found the Parts shop to be an enormous help. Which engine do you have installed? I have the 2.3L 8V, similar to the 190E 2.3L if not the same. I will try to post a picture of mine in the next couple of days. I do have some climate control questions.... Do you have the automatic climate control or the three vertical pushbuttons and dual thumbwheels?

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Harrison Humes
'85 230E W124
140K

I have the 8Valve also. It takes most of the same parts as the 190E 2.3 it just has bigger bores and pistons. Dual thumb wheel climate control.

The 230E is actually a very elegant car ... and also a very economical one. The spare parts cost much less than for the other MERC models.
By the way THANKS Guys for commenting on the 230E . I was feeling a bit lonely as 230 was never discussed in the Forum.

I bought my car from the original owner. It sure is a lovely ride .I still will change the tyres to 215/60/15 later in the year.

yeah i too would love to find more discussions on the 230 E. But I think it is because more guys on this forum reside in the US where u have more of the bigger engines than in europe where the 230E is predominant.

oh well i still love ma car and this forum is still da bomb.



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1986 230E (revisions on the way)

Hi Caidur and welcome to the forum, are those Abu Dhabi plates on the front of the car ?

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1993 190E 2.0L (Euro.) sold
1991. 500 SEL (Euro.)
1991. 300 CE (Euro.) sold
1993. 500 E (U.S. spec.)

Hi andy,

Yes indeed those plates are from abu dhabi and i live here. So you live in Dubai!. Nice knowing you.

Chandan.

Chandan, I thought I recognised the plates. As you know, the 124 chassis 230E's are here in the UAE in great numbers and of course Europe too. It is a pity they did not import them to the US so our American friends can enjoy them too ! Cheers form Dubai !

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1993 190E 2.0L (Euro.) sold
1991. 500 SEL (Euro.)
1991. 300 CE (Euro.) sold
1993. 500 E (U.S. spec.)

I think the 2.3L M102 engine used in the 190E 2.3 and 230E are the exact same engine. The SOHC 8V engine is pretty well sorted out in post 1986 applications, and at 130hp, offers better performance than the aspro diesels, but is economical to operate. Mileage is good, and the engines seem to hold on for quite some time.

Since the W201 and W124 are closely related, many parts are shared. In MOST parts of the world, the W124 was available with a greater variety of engines, including four cylinders and diesels.

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John Shellenberg
1998 C230 "Black Betty" 240K

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My engine # is 102.982.12 Is this the same engine as the 86 2.3l 8V US engine?

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Harrison Humes
'85 230E W124
140K