Changed my S204 power steering fluid today, following your excellent instructions Scott. Worked like a charm. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Hey, was there any improvement in steering behaviour? My steering is little stiff, not returning to the ceter. I just checked the level and its below minimum so I will probably try this first (bleed and top up) to see if it helps.
LOL ... very flattering although I hope I don't ever look like a Buddha! I keep myself fit and hope to stay that way. I really think it's worth changing the PS fluid every few years. It's cheap, quick to do and is good insurance. Scott
Jon oils degrade over time ... well the additives in the oil. I have a view frequent lubricating oil changes will extend the life of components. I hold firm to this view as I spent most of my Civil engineering career in heavy earthmoving operations. The equipment we used had all fluids changed very frequently as their continued availability was the lifeblood of the construction contracts. If your PS oil has been in there for many years you'd have slowly adjusted to the changing operation of the power steering. Replace it and you may notice it's a little quieter and feels better. It's subjective. Considering the volume to replace is less than a litre it's such a small insurance premium to pay to always have clean fresh PS fluid and therefore reduce the risk of premature wear of the components. Regards, Scott
Hi Scott... My 2012 ML350 w166 does not have the power steering fluid resorvoir tank; it is an electric power steering. Does this mean that I don't have to do anything for the power steering system?
+Tom B Thanks Tom. I was surprised how easy it is. Our news bulletin last night showed what a tough time you're having with the weather. When I've been to NY and Washington DC the weather was always great ... but it was in September. My brother lived in DC for 5 years 2004 to 2009 so I've been out your way a couple of times. Scott
@@ScottElliott152 Hey Scott, I just watched this video again because I have a P/S leak. I am going to replace the Seal, Mercedes calls it a gasket. It's on the pump and I am also going to replace the reservoir. Pump is making no noise and steering is fine so I think the pump is still good, but I do have a leak. I think its coming from the seal. I just did the Oil filter housing gasket 1 month and it is bone dry. Any thoughts? This video is Awesome! I am going to do this before the reservoir arrives. Thank you for your awesome videos!
@@tomb375 Thanks Tom. As you'd know it's a process of elimination to isolate the problem. Hard to say what's leaking but after a good clean and observation you may see it. Replace the seal first and see what happens. Let us know how you go. I'm about to upload a video on how installed the catch can to my OM642 engine.
John Thanks for the kind words. I do mention the sizes in my narrative. I deliberately haven't specified sizes as many cars are different. Remove the hoses and you'll quickly work it out. Scott
Hi Scott, another great video! I am at looking at doing this but am struggling to get the stupid Mercedes clamp off on the return line… how do I go about getting it off? Thanks Andrew
Hi Andrew ... is it the original clamp? If I recall they're the compress and snap into place style. They're easy to get off with a small screwdriver to lever the snap on clamp section off to release it. I replaced with standard screw type hose clamps.
+MR G Your welcome and thanks for the compliment. I'm happy to help out. I hate seeing people gouged, raped and burnt at the stake by the dealers. I'm doing my bit to help people take control so they can hang onto those precious after tax dollars. Regards, Scott
Hi Scott, I really admire your philosophy on life.I am now a retired professional and would like to work on my Mercedes but find it difficult to source parts.Would you please list a few suppliers,for things like AT fluid Filter kits etc.I live in Canterbury in Melbourne but obviously ,for some items,on line supplies would be good. Thanks Scott.
+John Wild Thanks for the compliment John ... I feel very humbled. For consumables place a force field of a 3km radius around any Mercedes dealer! Things like filters, wiper blades, shockys, bulbs etc buy online. I use Mick's Garage in Ireland for a lot for these things. www.micksgarage.com/ also Rock Autos in the USA. www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/ For engine oil Supercheap Autos, Autobarn, Repco etc. There are plenty of oils with the MB229.5 spec. Diff oil from the same suppliers. I buy the Fuchs 4134 Titan ATF MB236.14 from Coventrys for about $10 per litre. For exactly the same stuff ... re-branded with an MB sticker you'll pay $40 per litre from the dealer. You need about 9 to 10 litres so 3 x 4 litre containers. For brake pads I'd recommend Akebono Euro Premium. These are truly so close to dustless pads. I bought them from Rock Autos. For bling there are plenty of eBay suppliers out of HK, Taiwan etc who make some good stuff. There are now some good local eBay suppliers of consumable who've woken up to why we buy online. It's not a bad idea to buy a Chinese Mercedes STAR Xentry/DAS system. I bought mine from here loaded onto an external HDD. www.obd2express.co.uk/ Regards, Scott
Bastianeckl you need the funnel to seal in the hole so you can fill the funnel. If you can find one that will do that you won't need the short hose. There is that baffle plate below the fill hole so whatever goes on there can't penetrate very far. Scott
First fluid had yellow color, new fluid has green color. You had mixed two different fluids. Original fluid was DexronII mineral oil. New oil is synthetic pentosin. Are these different oils mixable?
I used a Penrite product that was stated as complying with the appropriate specification ... and yes I upgraded to a synthetic which is not a problem. So are you saying you wouldn't upgrade your engine oil from mineral to synthetic? The Mercedes Workshop Information System gives an MB specification number for the power steering fluid. The Penrite I used has that number printed on the label. I'm careful to use the correct MB number. After five years I've had no problems and I'm about to do it again.
@@LeonardoCostaUSA lol ... I assumed you were asking about the transmission service as most questions are about that. The power steering volume is about 1.5 litres.
Yes I am the same wa I do my own manatiance. ..I have a question about the transmission. ...I was doing some front end work and had to remove quite a bit apart and drained some of the ATF from one of the hoses ...how bad if the transmission is a very little bit low ?
+MR G I'm assuming you're referring to the 7 speed 722.9 auto? When the level is set with the internal overflow pipe it's quite subjective. I mean you remove the oil pan plug after pumping in the ATF and drain the excess until you get an "intermittent spitting flow" ... that's a very specific scientific measurement :-) If you're talking about a cup full or so of ATF I think the difference in level in the oil pan would be that of the Swiss standard 0.567 of a bee's dick.
Allen the changing of the power steering oil is not a service item in the maintenance schedule. In fact it's never mentioned which is the norm for most cars. Cars are basically a consumable and worth very little after 10 to 15 years. The manufacturer is not interested in the car working beyond that ... they'd want it to fail to sell another one. There would probably be a mesh style filter on the reservoir outlet. Of course this is not mentioned or illustrated in the workshop information system or service schedule. I don't think it's necessary to replace the reservoir as a routine maintenance process. As the reservoirs are usually plastic you don't normally replace them unless they're cracked and leaking. Just purge the fluid every 5 years or so. My W204 steering is as good as new and the car is 12 years old.
@@ScottElliott152 I wish the baffle wasn't there so you could drain the fluid and see. Oh well. I just want the peace of mind. When I was in my 20s I worked on older MB diesels and they had filters in power steering tanks. They were easy to change. I guess your right. Disposable cars. So you come back and buy another one.
@@allenpowell1702 Yep we live in a disposable society for everything. If you're concerned about the mesh on the outlet I think the only way to clean it would be to remove the reservoir and pour a solvent into the outlet so it kinda reverse flushes. You can't see or access the mesh from the top due to the baffling.
Hi Scott. Thanks for your inspiring video. I was trying to change the power steering fluid myself today and there was some issues. Apparently, the structure of my car is a bit different than yours and I can't reach the return line, so I went for another direction: to pump the fluid out of the reservoir. Do you have any idea of the size of the tube/fluid pump I should use to seal the reservoir properly? Cause I was not able to suck much out of it.
You can't suck much out as there's usually a horizontal baffle just below the filling cap. You could disconnect the the outlet line to let the fluid out.
I am not sure which one is the outlet line and it seems the parts are very close to each other as there is no opening, here is a image of my reservoir: cdn4.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/Mercedes-W204/117-SUSPEN-Power_Steering_Fill_and_Bleed/images_small/pic02.jpg Because the difficulty of that, I am thinking to seal the reservoir with tube fluid pump, using the pressure to pump as much as I can, which is also a way that I found online. Any comments on this?
I'm not familiar with that reservoir. Why not follow the Pelican Parts process? www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/Mercedes-W204/117-SUSPEN-Power_Steering_Fill_and_Bleed/117-SUSPEN-Power_Steering_Fill_and_Bleed_stTest.htm
I did follow that process, but I just can't get much fluid out (maybe only 5ml) of the reservoir in step 3. That's why I was wondering the proper size of the tube of the pump which can seal the reservoir and get more fluid out.
Hi Scott, I don't know if you can help me here but i'll give it a go. I can't turn my traction control off in my W204 Mercedes C220 CDI. I know the light in the instrument cluster works, but when i hold down the traction control button it just won't turn off... Any idea of whats going on?
+Dom Primerano ... Dom ... If it's the same as my C320CDI you can't turn of TC. You can turn of the ESP but not traction control. It's quite a detailed modification to disable TC. I've done it as I installed a Quaife LSD to my car. Mercedes wrap you up in cotton wool. It's hopeless if you want to take your car to the track. Regards, Scott
Dom Primerano Dom it's difficult to know without having the car. It's a process of elimination. Check the fuse for the ESP. Next thing would be to check the switch and the connector on the back of said switch. Removing the connector and a spray of WD40 may solve it unless the switch is broken. The ESP switch is in the centre air conditioning vent. Watch my video on how to remove the COMAND head unit as that shows how to get the centre vent out and access the connectors. Scott
Hi Scott , I really enjoy your videos.Thanks to you I have just completed my first A service on my C class.I had one problem,not having a new washer,I had to really tighten the drain plug severely to stop it leaking.This resulted in me worrying that I may have fused the plug. Where do you buy your washers ? Thanks for your encouraging videos.You have white collar chaps getting under their cars. Kind regards,John
Glad to hear that John. We white collar guys tend to do better work. We're used to process and double check things. All I do with my sealing washers on the plugs is anneal the washer and/or use some non hardening sealant. To anneal a copper washer hold it on a bit of wire and dangle it in the gas flame on your stove until it's absolutely red hot. Keep it at red hot a for about a minute. Have a glass of cold water next to it. Quickly drop it in the cold water and the copper softens to it's original state because the crystals enlarge when they're heated to red hot. I've been doing this forever. You don't usually need to buy new copper washers unless they've been over tightened and deformed. Washers can be bought at most auto accessories shops or even cheaper on eBay.
Hi Scott, I have also a mercedes w204 cdi 200 manual gearbox 85 000 miles. But if i drive more than one hour on the highway/motorway shifting isn't flewed as if i drive for 15 min ... If i try to shift one the first gear it's like the engine is turing off and snacking for air... could i be that i need to change my gearbox oil ? or something else ? thanks for your help :) greeting from belgium :)
+Alban O. Hi Alban. I'm not familiar with the manual on the W204. They don't have them available in Australia. I've had a manual W639 Vito in the past and when I changed the oil it made the shifting smoother. It was also about 85,000 to 90,000 miles when I changed it. I used full synthetic 75W-90 gearbox oil. You don't need much oil for a change so it's cheap and easy to do. Use an air lift like I did when I changed the diff oil in my W204. You'll see it in the video. Regards, Scott
another great video. I wish i have the money to buy top end Mercede like you guys have. I am in the process of want to buy Mercede C or E and only have $10,000 to spend. I live in WA. Can you help and point me to right direction. Thank Lee
+Duc Le www.carsales.com.au is your friend. You'll have to get an older model like a W202 or W203 C Class or an older model E. Look in the Eastern Coast as well because there's more available. It costs about $1400 to have them freighted to Perth. Do some searching and something will turn up. Regards, Scott
No Mike. The Penrite fluid I used complied with the Mercedes specification number as documented in the WIS. I'm an Engineer and pay attention to the detail. All the oils I've used are strictly in accordance with Mercedes specifications.
@@mikejennings7779 No because I don't have hydraulic suspension. I used Penrite LDAS Synthetic PS Fluid. It has "complies with MB345.0" on the label which is what the WIS says to use in my W204 C320CDI. penriteoil.com.au/products/ldas
@@ScottElliott152 fair enough, quite widely documented that a lot of the mb owner manuals were mis printed with incorrect specs. Just seems a extra expense for anyone watching to buy higher priced fluid that isnt needed for the application shown but if you feel its needed happy days. Seeing as you had the correct fluid in the first place (it appeared) I'm sure some people may be confused.
@@mikejennings7779 I use the Workshop Information System (WIS) as the reference source. My owners manual refers to the appropriate "MB Sheet No." for the engine oil, transmission, brake fluid and coolant. It's silent on the power steering and differential oils. The fluid I replaced was the original from the factory so I'd have to assume it was MB345.0. At the time the Penrite LDAS was about the only one I could find with the MB345.0 compliance. It's about $AUD35 per litre and the system only needs about that amount.
+MR G ok ... I don't know what else I can do to make them louder. I don't want to shout like some over the top over animated presenter! These are technical tutorials as you know. Maybe with the phone you'd have to use headphones?
Changed my S204 power steering fluid today, following your excellent instructions Scott. Worked like a charm. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Hey, was there any improvement in steering behaviour? My steering is little stiff, not returning to the ceter. I just checked the level and its below minimum so I will probably try this first (bleed and top up) to see if it helps.
You are the Buddha of W204 maintenance. I'll go check my power steering fluid now and see how she's looking.
LOL ... very flattering although I hope I don't ever look like a Buddha! I keep myself fit and hope to stay that way. I really think it's worth changing the PS fluid every few years. It's cheap, quick to do and is good insurance. Scott
Hi Scott, does changing the steering fluid make the steering much smoother?
Jon oils degrade over time ... well the additives in the oil. I have a
view frequent lubricating oil changes will extend the life of
components. I hold firm to this view as I spent most of my Civil
engineering career in heavy earthmoving operations. The equipment we
used had all fluids changed very frequently as their continued
availability was the lifeblood of the construction contracts.
If your PS oil has been in there for many years you'd have slowly adjusted to the changing operation of the power steering. Replace it and you may notice it's a little quieter and feels better. It's subjective.
Considering the volume to replace is less than a litre it's such a small insurance premium to pay to always have clean fresh PS fluid and therefore reduce the risk of premature wear of the components. Regards, Scott
Scott Elliott thank you Scott...
Hi Scott... My 2012 ML350 w166 does not have the power steering fluid resorvoir tank; it is an electric power steering. Does this mean that I don't have to do anything for the power steering system?
Another Great one Scott! I'll Have to do this on my GL450. Come spring. Lot's of Snow here today in N.Y. Thanks.
+Tom B Thanks Tom. I was surprised how easy it is.
Our news bulletin last night showed what a tough time you're having with the weather. When I've been to NY and Washington DC the weather was always great ... but it was in September. My brother lived in DC for 5 years 2004 to 2009 so I've been out your way a couple of times. Scott
@@ScottElliott152 Hey Scott, I just watched this video again because I have a P/S leak. I am going to replace the Seal, Mercedes calls it a gasket. It's on the pump and I am also going to replace the reservoir. Pump is making no noise and steering is fine so I think the pump is still good, but I do have a leak. I think its coming from the seal. I just did the Oil filter housing gasket 1 month and it is bone dry. Any thoughts? This video is Awesome! I am going to do this before the reservoir arrives. Thank you for your awesome videos!
@@tomb375 Thanks Tom. As you'd know it's a process of elimination to isolate the problem. Hard to say what's leaking but after a good clean and observation you may see it. Replace the seal first and see what happens. Let us know how you go. I'm about to upload a video on how installed the catch can to my OM642 engine.
Great video Scott could you please tell me all the clear hose diameter sizes that you used for this procedure?
John Thanks for the kind words. I do mention the sizes in my narrative. I deliberately haven't specified sizes as many cars are different. Remove the hoses and you'll quickly work it out. Scott
Hi Scott, another great video! I am at looking at doing this but am struggling to get the stupid Mercedes clamp off on the return line… how do I go about getting it off? Thanks Andrew
Hi Andrew ... is it the original clamp? If I recall they're the compress and snap into place style. They're easy to get off with a small screwdriver to lever the snap on clamp section off to release it. I replaced with standard screw type hose clamps.
I will see what I can do ...
yes your videos were the best I found so far on these cars . thanks for making them
+MR G Your welcome and thanks for the compliment. I'm happy to help out. I hate seeing people gouged, raped and burnt at the stake by the dealers. I'm doing my bit to help people take control so they can hang onto those precious after tax dollars. Regards, Scott
only dude to stress the vacuum and it makes perfect sense! Great tutorial
Thanks Sam.
Hi Scott,
I really admire your philosophy on life.I am now a retired professional and would like to work on my Mercedes but find it difficult to source parts.Would you please list a few suppliers,for things like AT fluid
Filter kits etc.I live in Canterbury in Melbourne but obviously ,for some items,on line supplies would be good.
Thanks Scott.
+John Wild Thanks for the compliment John ... I feel very humbled. For consumables place a force field of a 3km radius around any Mercedes dealer!
Things like filters, wiper blades, shockys, bulbs etc buy online. I use Mick's Garage in Ireland for a lot for these things. www.micksgarage.com/ also Rock Autos in the USA. www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/
For engine oil Supercheap Autos, Autobarn, Repco etc. There are plenty of oils with the MB229.5 spec. Diff oil from the same suppliers. I buy the Fuchs 4134 Titan ATF MB236.14 from Coventrys for about $10 per litre. For exactly the same stuff ... re-branded with an MB sticker you'll pay $40 per litre from the dealer. You need about 9 to 10 litres so 3 x 4 litre containers.
For brake pads I'd recommend Akebono Euro Premium. These are truly so close to dustless pads. I bought them from Rock Autos.
For bling there are plenty of eBay suppliers out of HK, Taiwan etc who make some good stuff. There are now some good local eBay suppliers of consumable who've woken up to why we buy online.
It's not a bad idea to buy a Chinese Mercedes STAR Xentry/DAS system. I bought mine from here loaded onto an external HDD. www.obd2express.co.uk/
Regards, Scott
Great video. Believe this procedure will work on my 02 C 240 as the return line from the reservoir is similar. Thank you.
+Kielyn B Thanks. Yes the process should be the same.
This is best bleeding method I have ever seen .
Thank you.
You intrigued how is mine work. Thank you for your video.
Hello Scott, Thanks for the great video.
Can you tell me why you use the hose and then the funnel?
Can I use the funnel alone?
Bastianeckl you need the funnel to seal in the hole so you can fill the funnel. If you can find one that will do that you won't need the short hose. There is that baffle plate below the fill hole so whatever goes on there can't penetrate very far. Scott
Thank you for this! Super clean and simple
Thanks Josef.
First fluid had yellow color, new fluid has green color. You had mixed two different fluids. Original fluid was DexronII mineral oil. New oil is synthetic pentosin. Are these different oils mixable?
I used a Penrite product that was stated as complying with the appropriate specification ... and yes I upgraded to a synthetic which is not a problem. So are you saying you wouldn't upgrade your engine oil from mineral to synthetic? The Mercedes Workshop Information System gives an MB specification number for the power steering fluid. The Penrite I used has that number printed on the label. I'm careful to use the correct MB number. After five years I've had no problems and I'm about to do it again.
Great job sir! please, how many liters of fluid to complete system after flush? Thanks
About 8
@@ScottElliott152 😳 8 liters ?!! OMG 😱
@@LeonardoCostaUSA Are you asking how many litres to refill the transmission and torque convertor after draining? it's about 8.0 litres
@@ScottElliott152 no sir, I m asking about the power steering oil quantity. Thanks
@@LeonardoCostaUSA lol ... I assumed you were asking about the transmission service as most questions are about that.
The power steering volume is about 1.5 litres.
Hi Scott, did you just need the one litre bottle for this?
Yes I did. Don't spill any as the litre bottle will be just enough.
Yes I am the same wa I do my own manatiance. ..I have a question about the transmission. ...I was doing some front end work and had to remove quite a bit apart and drained some of the ATF from one of the hoses ...how bad if the transmission is a very little bit low ?
+MR G I'm assuming you're referring to the 7 speed 722.9 auto?
When the level is set with the internal overflow pipe it's quite subjective. I mean you remove the oil pan plug after pumping in the ATF and drain the excess until you get an "intermittent spitting flow" ... that's a very specific scientific measurement :-)
If you're talking about a cup full or so of ATF I think the difference in level in the oil pan would be that of the Swiss standard 0.567 of a bee's dick.
There is a filter inside the reservoir that requires the reservoir to be replaced.
Allen the changing of the power steering oil is not a service item in the maintenance schedule. In fact it's never mentioned which is the norm for most cars. Cars are basically a consumable and worth very little after 10 to 15 years. The manufacturer is not interested in the car working beyond that ... they'd want it to fail to sell another one.
There would probably be a mesh style filter on the reservoir outlet. Of course this is not mentioned or illustrated in the workshop information system or service schedule. I don't think it's necessary to replace the reservoir as a routine maintenance process. As the reservoirs are usually plastic you don't normally replace them unless they're cracked and leaking. Just purge the fluid every 5 years or so. My W204 steering is as good as new and the car is 12 years old.
@@ScottElliott152 I wish the baffle wasn't there so you could drain the fluid and see. Oh well. I just want the peace of mind. When I was in my 20s I worked on older MB diesels and they had filters in power steering tanks. They were easy to change. I guess your right. Disposable cars. So you come back and buy another one.
@@allenpowell1702 Yep we live in a disposable society for everything. If you're concerned about the mesh on the outlet I think the only way to clean it would be to remove the reservoir and pour a solvent into the outlet so it kinda reverse flushes. You can't see or access the mesh from the top due to the baffling.
Hi Scott. Thanks for your inspiring video. I was trying to change the power steering fluid myself today and there was some issues. Apparently, the structure of my car is a bit different than yours and I can't reach the return line, so I went for another direction: to pump the fluid out of the reservoir. Do you have any idea of the size of the tube/fluid pump I should use to seal the reservoir properly? Cause I was not able to suck much out of it.
You can't suck much out as there's usually a horizontal baffle just
below the filling cap. You could disconnect the the outlet line to let
the fluid out.
I am not sure which one is the outlet line and it seems the parts are very close to each other as there is no opening, here is a image of my reservoir: cdn4.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/Mercedes-W204/117-SUSPEN-Power_Steering_Fill_and_Bleed/images_small/pic02.jpg
Because the difficulty of that, I am thinking to seal the reservoir with tube fluid pump, using the pressure to pump as much as I can, which is also a way that I found online. Any comments on this?
I'm not familiar with that reservoir. Why not follow the Pelican Parts process?
www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/Mercedes-W204/117-SUSPEN-Power_Steering_Fill_and_Bleed/117-SUSPEN-Power_Steering_Fill_and_Bleed_stTest.htm
I did follow that process, but I just can't get much fluid out (maybe only 5ml) of the reservoir in step 3. That's why I was wondering the proper size of the tube of the pump which can seal the reservoir and get more fluid out.
Definitely a helpful video. Thanks!!
Thanks, greetings from Morocco
when turning the wheel from lock to lock, was the car in the run position? or completely off?
Engine off. I've made a note in the description.
Hi Scott, I don't know if you can help me here but i'll give it a go.
I can't turn my traction control off in my W204 Mercedes C220 CDI. I know the light in the instrument cluster works, but when i hold down the traction control button it just won't turn off... Any idea of whats going on?
+Dom Primerano ... Dom ... If it's the same as my C320CDI you can't turn of TC. You can turn of the ESP but not traction control. It's quite a detailed modification to disable TC. I've done it as I installed a Quaife LSD to my car. Mercedes wrap you up in cotton wool. It's hopeless if you want to take your car to the track. Regards, Scott
Yes sorry, I meant ESP
Dom Primerano
Dom it's difficult to know without having the car. It's a process of elimination. Check the fuse for the ESP. Next thing would be to check the switch and the connector on the back of said switch. Removing the connector and a spray of WD40 may solve it unless the switch is broken. The ESP switch is in the centre air conditioning vent. Watch my video on how to remove the COMAND head unit as that shows how to get the centre vent out and access the connectors. Scott
Will do, thank you Scott :)
Hi Scott ,
I really enjoy your videos.Thanks to you I have just completed my first A service on my C class.I had one problem,not having a new washer,I had to really tighten the drain plug severely to stop it leaking.This resulted in me worrying that I may have fused the plug.
Where do you buy your washers ?
Thanks for your encouraging videos.You have white collar chaps getting under their cars.
Kind regards,John
Glad to hear that John. We white collar guys tend to do better work. We're used to process and double check things.
All I do with my sealing washers on the plugs is anneal the washer and/or use some non hardening sealant.
To anneal a copper washer hold it on a bit of wire and dangle it in the gas flame on your stove until it's absolutely red hot. Keep it at red hot a for about a minute. Have a glass of cold water next to it. Quickly drop it in the cold water and the copper softens to it's original state because the crystals enlarge when they're heated to red hot.
I've been doing this forever. You don't usually need to buy new copper washers unless they've been over tightened and deformed. Washers can be bought at most auto accessories shops or even cheaper on eBay.
I got mercedes c class 2014 2.2 cdi 170-177 hp. W204 (not 2014 lift) and i dont have this reservoir box.. Please help! Where can i find it.
look in your owners manual. It will be in there as the power steering fluid level is something an owner must check.
@@ScottElliott152 I've checked it already, nothing about it...
Does that model have hydraulic power steering? Maybe it's electric assisted. Do some searching. Check out www.benzworld.org as someone will know.
How much oil you used for this flush operation, 2L is enough?
About 1 litre is usually enough but you can use more. Scott
Thanks for the video
Hi Scott,
I have also a mercedes w204 cdi 200 manual gearbox 85 000 miles. But if i drive more than one hour on the highway/motorway shifting isn't flewed as if i drive for 15 min ... If i try to shift one the first gear it's like the engine is turing off and snacking for air...
could i be that i need to change my gearbox oil ? or something else ?
thanks for your help :)
greeting from belgium :)
+Alban O. Hi Alban. I'm not familiar with the manual on the W204. They don't have them available in Australia.
I've had a manual W639 Vito in the past and when I changed the oil it made the shifting smoother. It was also about 85,000 to 90,000 miles when I changed it. I used full synthetic 75W-90 gearbox oil.
You don't need much oil for a change so it's cheap and easy to do. Use an air lift like I did when I changed the diff oil in my W204. You'll see it in the video. Regards, Scott
Thanks for taking time to answer me .
Already saw your video, very usefull.
Thanks and have a nice day.
Alban
another great video. I wish i have the money to buy top end Mercede like you guys have. I am in the process of want to buy Mercede C or E and only have $10,000 to spend. I live in WA. Can you help and point me to right direction. Thank Lee
+Duc Le www.carsales.com.au is your friend. You'll have to get an older model like a W202 or W203 C Class or an older model E. Look in the Eastern Coast as well because there's more available. It costs about $1400 to have them freighted to Perth. Do some searching and something will turn up. Regards, Scott
Now it is 2019 so 10000 $ can now buy a w204. As Scott said, you can settle on older model as long as they have been well maintained
can't hear anything volume to quiet in all the videos
+MR G Sorry. At my end it's fine when I playback from YT. Do you have external speakers on your computer?
lol I believe so ..I believe the 7g tronic it's in a 19 x204
I meant 2015 x204
Scott, thanks for another great video tutorial, it was quite helpful when I flushed my PS fluid this weekend. Keep up the good work.
+Kris Holt Thanks for the compliment Kris. I'm happy to help people save some money. Regards, Scott
helpful video. Thanks
Thankyou
Cheers
Thanks.
Wrong fluid bud, the green 11s fluid is for hydro suspention cars, you should have the yellow
No Mike. The Penrite fluid I used complied with the Mercedes specification number as documented in the WIS. I'm an Engineer and pay attention to the detail. All the oils I've used are strictly in accordance with Mercedes specifications.
@@ScottElliott152 does your power steering pump also run your suspension?
@@mikejennings7779 No because I don't have hydraulic suspension. I used Penrite LDAS Synthetic PS Fluid. It has "complies with MB345.0" on the label which is what the WIS says to use in my W204 C320CDI.
penriteoil.com.au/products/ldas
@@ScottElliott152 fair enough, quite widely documented that a lot of the mb owner manuals were mis printed with incorrect specs.
Just seems a extra expense for anyone watching to buy higher priced fluid that isnt needed for the application shown but if you feel its needed happy days.
Seeing as you had the correct fluid in the first place (it appeared) I'm sure some people may be confused.
@@mikejennings7779 I use the Workshop Information System (WIS) as the reference source. My owners manual refers to the appropriate "MB Sheet No." for the engine oil, transmission, brake fluid and coolant. It's silent on the power steering and differential oils. The fluid I replaced was the original from the factory so I'd have to assume it was MB345.0. At the time the Penrite LDAS was about the only one I could find with the MB345.0 compliance. It's about $AUD35 per litre and the system only needs about that amount.
no I'm on my phone ...
great videos though
+MR G ok ... I don't know what else I can do to make them louder. I don't want to shout like some over the top over animated presenter! These are technical tutorials as you know. Maybe with the phone you'd have to use headphones?
Volume to low
Yes I know.