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Sun 16 Feb 2003 14:02

Mercedes CDi poor performance - mark999

Hope this is of help to anyone with a Merc CDi.
The performance of my V220Cdi suddenly became very poor and the engine started sounding like a tractor.
Apparently the ECU had picked up a couple fo fault codes and reverted itself to crawl home mode.
All that was needed was the dealer to clear the ECU.

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Sun 16 Feb 2003 14:47

Mercedes CDi poor performance - harry m

will store this in my memory bank, many thanks.

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Sun 16 Feb 2003 22:35

Mercedes CDi poor performance - Cambsfarmer

Mark,
"very poor and the engine started sounding like a tractor"
If only it was as good as a tractor you'ed be pleased, mine has 6cly 4 valve per head turbo/intercooled engine with electronic engine management, fly-by-wire joystick/computer controled fully variable gearbox controled via a colour TV screen, 6 rads that cool anything from water to fuel and oils, air conditioned cab with twin heating/cooling systems (includes 15 air outlet vents)cool box, 12 driving/work lights (several twin bulbed)etc,etc. These days to say that anything is "agricultural" is a complement.

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