WTB Rebuilt Throttle actuator

[junklar]

Hi guys,

For a couple of days I've been hearing a sound coming from somewhere around the throttle actuator. So, I took the throttle body off and found that the sound was from the throttle actuator. It is like a scratching sound, which happens the first couple of minutes when I start the car and then it disappears. Has anyone experienced this?

I'm planning on getting a rebuilt throttle actuator, and wanted to know if anyone replaced theirs and for how much? I found a couple of places that sell rebuilt ones but I wanted to buy from a reliable place.

[JRE320]

I replaced mine 5yrs ago. It cost me $1300 for the parts alone.

[Cru328prod]

hmmmmmm clean it, pop it open and re-grease the thing 1st.....i might have a spare from my old engine at the garage i'll sell it to you for $200. The cheapest place i've seen that throttle actuator is for about 700 bucks is http://www.buymbparts.com/

[OzC36]

Autohaus:

http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=fkxmyp45qcqxswvyzdsvgk2g&makeid=800016@Mercedes&modelid=1195477@C280&year=1995&cid=22@Fuel%20%26%20Air%20System&gid=6360@Throttle%20Housing

[junklar]

It was worse before.. I was having rough idle, and then I cleaned it with gumoff and it worked fine (with the cruise control not working).. now i think it's almost time to completely change it

Cru238prod, what was the year and model of the spare from? They changed the part for 1997+ w202s.

This is the part # for the one that I need 0001415725

Please let me know if you have it, and then we can probably negotiate the price.


Anyone ever try bba-reman? I think I'm going to have them rebuild mine

[OzC36]

Have a sniff through Ebay. There are quite a few choices and options listed:

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=throttle+body+mercedes&category0=

[Cru328prod]

HMMM i have a 99 c230 kompressor with the ASR opt.

[junklar]

That's not going to work on mine :(

having bba rebuild it is my cheapest option.. and they have a lifetime warranty

[SLCPUNK]

I am searching for a throttle actuator too. How can I tell if mine has ASR or not?

http://4mercedes.com/index.htm

These guys also come in around 350-400 for rebuilds. I've also read that you can just rebuild the wiring harness for much less:

http://v12uberalles.com/throttle_actuator_rewire.htm

Pulling and replacing TA DIY with pictures:

http://202tech.mkosonen.com/howto/eta.html

[junklar]

what year is your car?

[SLCPUNK]

It's a 1994, and I looked up the part number and found out it does not have ASR.

Thanks anyway.