Discussion
Interested in this also, as they seemingly offer the same as DMS, Remap and pulley change for £1300 inc and not £2800 plus VAT and they include the remap done in situ and on the dyno.. Are they not the renouned Jag specialist? what was / is the issue? They have told me they are waiting on a new pulley supplier or some supplier take over.
The work can be completed within 2-4 hours, so where is the cost with the £2k upwards prices, when mapping can be done from £250-500?
You chaps with DMS, would you say you recognise the increases? in what way? happy u paid the money?
Cheers
Nick
The work can be completed within 2-4 hours, so where is the cost with the £2k upwards prices, when mapping can be done from £250-500?
You chaps with DMS, would you say you recognise the increases? in what way? happy u paid the money?
Cheers
Nick
So far, l've been happy with their email replies - they seem professional enough.
You say "he wasn't impressed at all by what they said" but what about the actual standard and quality of their work?
Seeing as they are considerably cheaper than DMS, is it a case of you get what you pay for or that DMS are simply very expensive? Makes you think !!!
Who we really need is to hear from are SL55 AMG owners who have already used Paramount.
You say "he wasn't impressed at all by what they said" but what about the actual standard and quality of their work?
Seeing as they are considerably cheaper than DMS, is it a case of you get what you pay for or that DMS are simply very expensive? Makes you think !!!
Who we really need is to hear from are SL55 AMG owners who have already used Paramount.
Hi all
Bad news today!
MB Tec are telling me that they have changed the charge coolpump.
But there is a major problem on cylinders 1 and 2 which they say have lower compression to 3,4,5,6,7and 8. They are telling me that bits have broken off the spark plugs in 1 and 2 and have scored the bore in no 2. So at the moment are removing all other spark plugs (total 16)and checking these.
There are telling me it might need a full engine rebuild cost approx £15000.
The car is a 2004 04 and had 21k on it when i purchased 9 months ago and only has 26k on it now!
Will no more later
Paul
Bad news today!
MB Tec are telling me that they have changed the charge coolpump.
But there is a major problem on cylinders 1 and 2 which they say have lower compression to 3,4,5,6,7and 8. They are telling me that bits have broken off the spark plugs in 1 and 2 and have scored the bore in no 2. So at the moment are removing all other spark plugs (total 16)and checking these.
There are telling me it might need a full engine rebuild cost approx £15000.
The car is a 2004 04 and had 21k on it when i purchased 9 months ago and only has 26k on it now!
Will no more later
Paul
carrera2s said:
Hi all
Bad news today!
MB Tec are telling me that they have changed the charge coolpump.
But there is a major problem on cylinders 1 and 2 which they say have lower compression to 3,4,5,6,7and 8. They are telling me that bits have broken off the spark plugs in 1 and 2 and have scored the bore in no 2. So at the moment are removing all other spark plugs (total 16)and checking these.
There are telling me it might need a full engine rebuild cost approx £15000.
The car is a 2004 04 and had 21k on it when i purchased 9 months ago and only has 26k on it now!
Will no more later
Paul
Regretful news indeed. Have the engineers given any indication of the cause of the spark plugs failure ? Bad news today!
MB Tec are telling me that they have changed the charge coolpump.
But there is a major problem on cylinders 1 and 2 which they say have lower compression to 3,4,5,6,7and 8. They are telling me that bits have broken off the spark plugs in 1 and 2 and have scored the bore in no 2. So at the moment are removing all other spark plugs (total 16)and checking these.
There are telling me it might need a full engine rebuild cost approx £15000.
The car is a 2004 04 and had 21k on it when i purchased 9 months ago and only has 26k on it now!
Will no more later
Paul
I would suspect you are unwilling to disclose too much on this forum at this time .
Told by people i know very well and have been in the trade for a long time that it can happen at any time and even though tuned 2 weeks ago was a problem waiting to happen!
I only did 40 miles after it was dms`d.
Apparently the charge cool pump is a week point on this engine!!!
Will get it sorted one way or the other and will keep you posted!
I only did 40 miles after it was dms`d.
Apparently the charge cool pump is a week point on this engine!!!
Will get it sorted one way or the other and will keep you posted!
carrera2s said:
Hi all
Bad news today!
MB Tec are telling me that they have changed the charge coolpump.
But there is a major problem on cylinders 1 and 2 which they say have lower compression to 3,4,5,6,7and 8. They are telling me that bits have broken off the spark plugs in 1 and 2 and have scored the bore in no 2. So at the moment are removing all other spark plugs (total 16)and checking these.
There are telling me it might need a full engine rebuild cost approx £15000.
The car is a 2004 04 and had 21k on it when i purchased 9 months ago and only has 26k on it now!
Will no more later
Paul
Hi Paul, I have never heard of a spark plug problem in any Merc,Or a spark plugBad news today!
MB Tec are telling me that they have changed the charge coolpump.
But there is a major problem on cylinders 1 and 2 which they say have lower compression to 3,4,5,6,7and 8. They are telling me that bits have broken off the spark plugs in 1 and 2 and have scored the bore in no 2. So at the moment are removing all other spark plugs (total 16)and checking these.
There are telling me it might need a full engine rebuild cost approx £15000.
The car is a 2004 04 and had 21k on it when i purchased 9 months ago and only has 26k on it now!
Will no more later
Paul
breaking up in any car!!!
From memory plugs are changed at 4years or 48k.
I would not let Merc boys do any repairs until you have had a second opinion.
I will speak to a few Merc contacts to see if I can glean any ideas.
Mark.
I diagnosed the problem,
There is still a very slight misfire on the engine, whether or not the customer notices this?? but i did and so does the star machine, customer informed of this. And having owned 2 55amg kompressor cars, both dms'd, and driven many more, i can say that it is not running to full power.
cylinder 1 and 2 were 50psi down on compression, explaining why not running on full power,
spark plugs had broken up, both electrode and ceramic on 1 and 2, upon inspection with boroscope cylinder 2 was quite noticably scored, cylinder 1 also but not as bad.
Upon removal of plugs it was noted that towards the front of engine, furthest away from fuel inlet, it had been running quite lean/hot, charge cooler issue? fuel pressure issue?, we did not go any further ie fuel pressure checks, as per customers request.
the spark plugs were overdue changing, age dependant not mileage.
The engine has not been rebuilt, the customer was happy with the way it was running after new plugs installed.
There is still a very slight misfire on the engine, whether or not the customer notices this?? but i did and so does the star machine, customer informed of this. And having owned 2 55amg kompressor cars, both dms'd, and driven many more, i can say that it is not running to full power.
cylinder 1 and 2 were 50psi down on compression, explaining why not running on full power,
spark plugs had broken up, both electrode and ceramic on 1 and 2, upon inspection with boroscope cylinder 2 was quite noticably scored, cylinder 1 also but not as bad.
Upon removal of plugs it was noted that towards the front of engine, furthest away from fuel inlet, it had been running quite lean/hot, charge cooler issue? fuel pressure issue?, we did not go any further ie fuel pressure checks, as per customers request.
the spark plugs were overdue changing, age dependant not mileage.
The engine has not been rebuilt, the customer was happy with the way it was running after new plugs installed.
Very interested to see how you get on a Paramount as i have been speaking with them too. The do offer the pulley as well and claim the same sort of gains as DMS from what i can tell.. although backed up with the before and after will be test to this!.. Their Pulley supplier was going out of business or being bought but were hoping to have solved the problem quickly.. Do keep us posted!
Nick
Nick
Gassing Station | Mercedes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff