Jan. 14, 2021 — I would like to start with saying the following comments are my own opinions. After 50 years working with and for Mercedes-Benz as a Mechanic, Shop Foreman, Instructor, Service Manager and Shop Owner I retired in 2018. I no longer have any affiliation with Mercedes-Benz or its authorized […]
I need to rewrite this article about BlueTec diesel oil. I get so many calls about what’s the best oil, that I haven’t had time. I normally have to think about what I’ll say, because everybody and their Mother gets twisted. For the moment, I’ll be blunt. Mercedes is using a Gasoline engine oil […]
DPF operation parameters / 2019 and 2020
In 2019 Mercedes-Benz installed a DPF monitor in the Instrument Cluster. It’s a symbol that looks like a muffler with dots in it. It displays the percentage of soot in the DPF. When the DPF is filled with 100% of soot, the engine computer starts the automatic regeneration […]
If you have a dead battery, you’ll want to use a genuine Mercedes-Benz battery. Aftermarket batteries don’t have enough amperage and cause low voltage fault codes when the system is under peak loads. Low voltage confuses the control modules and causes a host of problems that just end up costing you far more then you could ever […]
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