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Thanks, i've just found another similar app and on my short drive the peak frequencies were in the 20hz ballpark at speed but it was a very short drive.

Thanks, i will replace both front wheel bearings. Even as tight as the nut is right now i don't even need a dial indicator to tell me that it is too loose! The grease was nice and green around the nut but brown and nasty inside the bearing itself. Do you an app to recommend? I'd like to try...

Heard more about the differential itself failing, indeed. I remember a friend having differential issues on two or three of the early diesel W124s he had.

I definitely feel something in the steering wheel but i'd say it is diffuse and comes from the front of the car and not really a steering wheel shake such as a missing weight. I am not too concerned about the rear axle, the two driveshafts usually start to fail at mega miles on those cars, quite...

You are right, I think it was an issue with the M112 V6, mine has the M104 straight 6. The issue is not rpm related, it's not the torque converter either. There's no abnormal play anywhere in that area, i think that the issue comes from the front of the car as it is not fast enough to be a...

Yeah i always wanted to get my tires "road force balanced" but i have no words in french to explain it and ask who is able to do it, or even if that's a thing here.

I can't find anything wrong with my suspension, neither could the mechanics who have seen the car, there's no play anywhere... I am so frustrated that i really don't want to drive the car anymore if it's going to be like the last one. On the W202 i had before i did: flex discs, carrier bushing...

I feel your pain. What tires do you have? People around me told me i'm too picky about my cars but there's hardly anything that ruins the pleasure of driving as bad as vibrations problems for me. I drive complete POS cars quite often and most of them drive smoother than my MBs and i can't...

Nothing visually out of round either.

Yes, i made sure everything was as clean and rust free as possible. Just got the car back after having another shop balance all wheels. If anything it may be slightly worse. Before it was not too bad between 120 and 140 kmh, i haven't driven the car enough but it seems bad all the way from 90...

I have a slight clunk somewhere in the steering when i wiggle a front wheel but nothing that could be seen, i already have the parts and could replace everything but i have a hard time believing that a vibration would be caused by something that's not rotating. In fact i had cars with completely...

This is the last thing i would think about! I'm going to get my wheels balanced again at another shop today and ask them to carefully look at the rims and tell me if anything is out of true.

146 500 km on the odo right now. Yes i have done that and i think it behaves just the same.

Well, this was the reason why i sold and replaced my previous car after replacing everything for almost no improvement and pulling my hair for over a year. And here i am dealing with this over again on my W210. I don't know, maybe the previous car created a trauma... The symptom is a mild...

Here i am asking for advice again. My problem is that whenever i start the car in the morning, there's this loud rattle coming from the engine, it sounds like it's coming from the top or front of the engine. I have a bit a noise from an idler pulley as well but i guess that's not related...

Thanks everyone, i feel better about getting everything back together now. Thanks Trav, i really wanted to know what exactly was inside a water pump. 👍

Hi everyone, Just finished replacing the timing belt kit on a relative's car. I was tired and wanted to make sure the engine runs ok and forgot to fill the cooling system. The engine ran at idle for 30-45 sec without coolant in it. I feel stupid... How bad is it for the new water pump? I guess...

I've only been driving for 12 years and there's nothing impressive compared to most of you but here it goes in chronological order: - 1995 Mercedes S124 E250D (dad's car, leaned to drive on this one, sold at 500,000 km and regret it) - 1997 Citroën Jumpy 1.9TD - 1997 Renault Express 1.9D - 1994...

Hi everyone, i was wondering if anyone here had or still has a Mercedes with the M104 straight 6 in it and if you had to deal with the headgasket issue and when? Talking to people around me who drove one for a long time, the issue seems to be blown out of proportion. Did you have any issue with...