top end noise ???

[dampowers]

hello
i am new to this site
i have just purchased this 1999 c230 kompressor
i bought this car for 200.00 cnd
would like to hear comments on this top end noise and would like to no is it fixable or it is not worth it and that is why the car was so cheap
it is a one owner car driven by a 80 year old lady i can't see her beating the crap out of this car
146000 km
as the revs increase it disappears was doing about 120 km hr and do not hear this noise
you would think it would really loud and noticable
all comments welcome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHEbJJ1B54s
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[taz069]

Glad you made it bud!! Let me see if i can ralley some troops for ya.

[8=Anonymous=8]

Have you had a look at the belt tensioner?
They usually make this noise noises similar to this when they are on the way out

[dampowers]

do you have a part #
are there any online repair manuals for this car ???
this is my frist mercedes
any help for online knowledge would be heplfull
thanks
Darrin

[timmyj51]

Two hundred loonies! Man, you really ripped off that poor old lady!

[hvmercy]

It does sound like a belt tensioner issue.

goto autohausaz.com
enter your car make and model
search for keyword "tensioner" or "belt tensioner"
While you're at it, get the tensioner pulley and replace that one too.

Simple DIY. Search in the repairs section of this forum.

Where in the great white north are you? Alberta Prairies here.


do you have a part #
are there any online repair manuals for this car ???
this is my frist mercedes
any help for online knowledge would be heplfull
thanks
Darrin

[taz069]

If you have to buy a manual heck your already a leg up on me!! 200$ for a whole car didn't know that! Another $100 and the help from the folks here. Your car won't let you down. Just gotta learn it! Don't be a girl, turn the key and drive till it stops!! You got a car that will be there for another 150k! Just maintain it.

[dampowers]

Two hundred loonies! Man, you really ripped off that poor old lady!
can you help me with the noise and i didn't rip off no one that is what they wanted for it could have got it for less now that would have been a rip off...lol
i had to buy a key that was 300.00

[dampowers]

It does sound like a belt tensioner issue.

goto autohausaz.com
enter your car make and model
search for keyword "tensioner" or "belt tensioner"
While you're at it, get the tensioner pulley and replace that one too.

Simple DIY. Search in the repairs section of this forum.

Where in the great white north are you? Alberta Prairies here.
i am in ontario north of toronto

[dampowers]

thanks i will look into that

[taz069]

Dude !! We are all envious of your purchase!! Just take a grain of salt where it is poured. I for one love to see a good merc put back into service.

[taz069]

It Being a steal or not I Envy you !! Gd thought i had a good deal but after 1500 $ and time spent still to the good here. Let us Know if it is just the tensioner!!!! Thanks!!

[hvmercy]

Mine is a non-Kompressor but you get the idea. This is what it sounded like after I replaced the belt tensioner and pulley. Took me about 30 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpIJJxBfIh8


thanks i will look into that

[timmyj51]

can you help me with the noise and i didn't rip off no one that is what they wanted for it could have got it for less now that would have been a rip off...lol
i had to buy a key that was 300.00


Was the little old lady at the food pantry when you ripped her off? Unless its got major mechanical
problems that car should have gone for $3-4K. Spend the savings at a mechanic.

[Sulaco]

Easy diagnosis to know if it's something BIG or something small.

Remove the serpentine belt. Start the engine and see if the noise went away. If the noise is still there, you have a serious issue with your supercharger or the top end of the engine (valves, lifters).

[timmyj51]

Dude, take it to a mechanic. Maybe he'll rip you off as badly as you did the little old lady.

[hvmercy]

Warning: Stop the sarcasm.


Dude, take it to a mechanic. Maybe he'll rip you off as badly as you did the little old lady.

[taz069]

Agreed a good deal is a good deal!!!

[timmyj51]

Agreed a good deal is a good deal!!!

Good deal's not the same as a rip off. Wanna sell your car for two hundred bucks?

[hvmercy]

You are getting way off topic.
The original poster was asking for some help and opinion to determine where the top end noise is coming from.

I already warned you. Stay on topic or get off this thread.


Good deal's not the same as a rip off. Wanna sell your car for two hundred bucks?

[taz069]

Thanks hvmercy. Was getting ready to say that also. The dude had a legit question. For a prob that's what we are here for.

[timmyj51]

Just 'fess up that you swindled the old lady out of her car. Then we'll drop the subject.

[W202FTW]

Holy hot Hell. Sounds like a combination of bad lifters, misfiring ( or coils ) and a dry supercharger. For 200 CND, you might have picked up an expensive fix there lol

[timmyj51]

Sounds like a blown head gasket. Gonna run ya two grand min. Li'l ol' lady gonna have the last laugh.

[taz069]

$450 valve job and head resurface, $125 head gasket, $40 valve cover gasket kit. And if you can do it yourself as I did way below duflunkie tiny tims estimate! ! Lmao

[strictlyspeakin]

Out of line timmyj51. You've no idea about the circumstances and have no right to jump on a new member like that. you're a senior member with 189 posts, and 6 of them are these?

I like Sulaco's suggestion.