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Topic Started: Sun Aug 6, 2006 10:15 pm (224 Views)
andycowman	Sun Aug 6, 2006 10:15 pm Post #1
Member Posts: 654 Group: Members Member #434 Joined: July 31, 2006	Hiya I have been on benzworld for a while now and finally found here aswell! Great forum and i have already been reading through masses of posts! Heres my 190E 2.0 Auto. It was an ebay banger at christmas but since then I have done/added: Clear indicators & repeaters lowered and added alloys (from the second ebay banger I bought!) painted the grill insert black Then replaced it with an AMG one from the ebay banger replaced the cracked dashboard Blown and fixed the headgasket replaced the cooling system repaired the wiring (PO had hacked the loom apart) huge amounts of polish replaced hub carrier assembly brembo rear brakes swapped out exhaust Many replacement parts came from another 190E i bought and got running but which ultimatly failed its MOT on a large amount of Rust. The orginal rad :s not great really. These two photos are as I set about stripping the head off to put a new gasket in. It sent the head for testing and skimming! heres the engine bay now. Much more like it and how she looks today Sorry about all the photos! Andy



shrekky	Sun Aug 6, 2006 10:51 pm Post #2
Member Posts: 3,909 Group: Members Member #223 Joined: March 23, 2006	welcome to the site bud.................hope you find it useful and enjoy it,btw thats a very nice clean car



noisysprings	Mon Aug 7, 2006 6:41 am Post #3
Member Posts: 704 Group: Members Member #7 Joined: November 2, 2005	Looks good! The more photos the better i say!!!



merc190uk	Mon Aug 7, 2006 4:54 pm Post #4
Steve Posts: 7,501 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: November 1, 2005	looks great and i love before and after pictures 2.6 rad tho is it not running a bit cool ?? like the engine bay and never too many pictures :lol:



Conrad	Mon Aug 7, 2006 5:23 pm Post #5
Gunman of the apocalypse Posts: 5,384 Group: Members Member #34 Joined: November 11, 2005	Looks good buddy, really clean! I like what you've done in the engine bay!



andycowman	Tue Aug 8, 2006 5:33 pm Post #6
Member Posts: 654 Group: Members Member #434 Joined: July 31, 2006	The rad is from another 2.0 auto I bought (1983 model if i remember) that had air conditioning. The car was dead from rust (very long story, i did get it all working though!) so i then took all the parts i needed to restore mine. I took the air con fin set off the front to get the clean rad. In all this heat we have at the moment in traffic she warms up a fair bit (not sure what she should run to) even with a new thermostat. Running freely though its just above 80 at the moment. For heavy traffic conditions I have fit a bit bosch fan that came from the car with air con that I can just turn on and focibly cool the water a bit. I would rather run a little cold than always a little hot before which warped the head!!! Glad you like her!



Snake	Tue Aug 8, 2006 5:47 pm Post #7
Old free and tattooed Posts: 6,537 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: November 2, 2005	Nice job on the engine bay,the whole car looks good mate.



Big Ben	Tue Aug 8, 2006 5:57 pm Post #8
Member Posts: 4,902 Group: Members Member #155 Joined: January 26, 2006	Nice work! As far as the temp is concerned, the thermostat is usually rated at around 82 to 85 degrees so the temp you have is about right for a well maintained cooling system. Running the car colder than this will reduce your fuel economy but may give you a tiny bit more power!



andycowman	Tue Aug 8, 2006 8:06 pm Post #9
Member Posts: 654 Group: Members Member #434 Joined: July 31, 2006	fuel economy or power.... hmmmm tought choice.... clearly I will always take power! Glad you like the engine bay, this car has definitly been a steep learning curve. Aiming to keep a mercedes as my everyday car but would prefer a manual. Bought this one to tide me over during some shoulder operations... maybe a 2.6 next year Andy



mazza	Wed Aug 9, 2006 7:56 am Post #10
Member Posts: 614 Group: Members Member #151 Joined: January 24, 2006	Hi Welcome to the forum mate, now thats a nice clean car...lol Cheers Mazza



NEIL	Wed Aug 9, 2006 9:13 am Post #11
Fewer Posts than Kenny Posts: 16,131 Group: Members Member #63 Joined: November 18, 2005	welcome Andy, i've been admiring your work on BW for some time! (i really need to detail my engine bay!) it's looking lovely, the electric fan is a tempting upgrade in smoggy sh*tty stop-start London.



andycowman	Wed Aug 9, 2006 11:55 am Post #12
Member Posts: 654 Group: Members Member #434 Joined: July 31, 2006	I think its worth fitting, just gives you that extra edge over the heat. Its been a bit cooler today so didnt switch it on but I have no intention of overheating again! Making the brackets is quite straight forwards and the wiring is easy if you just want it on a switch. I used an old air conditioning switch i had. Going to wire up its little red light and run the fan through a relay to ensure its save to leave running buts thats yet another job! Thanks for the kind words, I must say I want my wheels to look like yours! I have printed the instructions you gave on BW and they are in my tool box waiting till I have a few pounds spare to buy some paint!! Andy



dave_irl	Wed Aug 9, 2006 6:52 pm Post #13
I love offset. Posts: 8,729 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: November 2, 2005	What a great first post Andy and welcome to the club Love the work you have done, especially on the engine/cooling system. My 1.8 has a badly leaking head gasket and Ive had more than my share of overheating problems. Currently keeping her cool with monthly flushes and a big pipe bypassing the leaking heater matrix. But your way is much better Great pics, keep 'em coming. Nice work again mate.



andycowman	Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:47 pm Post #14
Member Posts: 654 Group: Members Member #434 Joined: July 31, 2006	Have you not had water going into the oil aswell? One cylinder one mine was full of water when I took the head off! I love the wheels on yours, where did you get them? I havent seen another 190 with those one before. Very tempting! Andy



dave_irl	Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:26 pm Post #15
I love offset. Posts: 8,729 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: November 2, 2005	Nope, my oil is perfect, but the coolant as half coolant half oil. Cheers dude, I love them too! Got them shipped from Germany.



andycowman	Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:19 pm Post #16
Member Posts: 654 Group: Members Member #434 Joined: July 31, 2006	I really want a set of those wheels now, but i am not sure they would suit the grey of my car. Look awesome on black though!! Lucky the oil is only in the coolant, although that cant help keeping it cold at least the rad wont rust inside!! The oil makes a right mess of the inside of the pipes though. I flushed mine through about 5 times with just water before I used Holts rad flush. The water then came out brown the next day and it took 8 more full flushes with just water until it ran clear! Worth it in the end though Andy



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