Had my 350k mile 02' Dream Van
done back in July/August 2010.
Before the recall work, only had black smoke when I gunned it.
Now, after putting California fuel (very high sulfur content)
In my baby on wheels,
I have a perpetual stream of smoke over 55mph.
I feel like James Bond,
but I'm a free hugger, so
I also feel like a ****
especially to motorcycles, bicyclists and pedestrians)!
Also, have had a loss of power, and oil leakage all over the front of my engine under the EGR & Air intake.
I pitched a fit to have Mercedes work on it, as I refused to allow
My local Freightliner to touch it,
And my local Dodge A Holes refused to work on it
(But, they do like to yell at me tho).
Had to call the 1-800 Benz people to have their "top tier" Customer "Care" people
repeat the word "Behooves"
To me a million times, telling me there was nothing they could do. I'd have to take it to Freightliner.
They rethought that after a day (guess they realized I had started writing my experience down to warn other potential Mercedes Owners). They called me and approved Mercedes to fix it.
Now, trying to get a Sprinter tech to simply look at my Air intake, which is covered in Oil, just to see if it is a warranty issue, is impossible.
At Wits End AGAIN!
Had many good suggestions for possible problems (Mainly EGR), but want a qualified technician to look at it before I go messing around with things which might void the warranty on the warranty work.
I LOVE this Truck,
But I HATE Dealing with:
Dodge,
Freightliner,
Mercedes,
And Chrysler Diamler in General!
Any other suggestions would be welcomed more than u could know!
Also, I'm really looking for someone trustworthy to work on my Precious......Precious!
In Arizona, but I am willing to travel to a good tech (as long as I can make it there
mikey
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