1999 mercedes c230 kompressor pulley upgrade

Remove the crank snout oil seal (order a new one now).

without an impact this is an exceedingly interesting job due to the lack of a transmission dust cover ). Remove the crank pulley (hopefully you didn't re-torque the bolt already. If your not so lucky, and already have the timing cover back on and don't want to go through the trouble of disturbing oil pan / head gaskets, there is another fix (but it will require breaking the master link if you've already installed that: So, if you're doing this from scratch, take off the timing cover, replace the guides, install the gears and chain, put the timing cover back on and bolt down everything except that upper bolt, then take the intake gear off and install the last bolt (this is why I'll keep driving Chevy's). Normally this would be no big deal, but again Mercedes superior engineering requires the intake cam gear to be off to R&R the timing cover (the gear interferes with access to a bolt. In Mercedes engineers' infinite wisdom of placing the peg, it is very easy for the timing chain to be below this unless you have it under tension when you put the timing cover on. The oil pump chain goes around it, but the timing chain should be above it. There is a peg going from the timing cover towards the block down at the crank. Another thing I noticed was that when they are talking about retarding the intake cam by rotating it, are they referring to rotating the nut circled in red? So I am still super stuck in trying to get the timing chain ends to meet up, I wasnt sure if maybe the timing chain guide on the passenger side was possibly binding the chain near the crank sprocket, but ive been able to turn the crank and have the chain move along, so I dont think that is the issue. Am I missing a crucial step?Īs the intake cam shows, it's in the clockwise position shown in the diagram attached in this thread. I've tried with the tensioner with spring removed in, tried it without the tensioner housing in, no luck. I've scoured and can't find anything that helps, I bought the Bently manual (worthless) I'm not too sure what people mean by rotating the intake cam? I cant rotate the actual sprocket, but I've tried by rotating the cam itself, nothing. I've double checked and the chain is right, 126 link. Every time I try, it seems like I'm like 4 links away. I've got the head buttoned on, cams, lock pins in, set on crank, I can't for the life of me get the two chains to meet to put the master link in. I'm sorry if the question seems basic, but I'm not a mechanic & am always learning new things.Ok, so I had originally posted a response in an older thread: Īs a quick recap to what i posted in the past thread: long story short, my timing chain snapped on my 99 c230 kompressor M111 (shop I went to yanked the whole chain out)I put a new head on, have a new tensioner, etc. Why would it make such a difference in that respect? If it's due to increased weight, then that's understandable, but the new rim/tire combination wasn't noticeably different (I've held/carried both). I didn't know that fact about the longer brake pad life though. The stock 15' rims were becomming quite corroded, which is why I wanted to swap out & only use them for winter driving. The improvements in mpg came with changing my driving style (naturally), but that was after I had upgraded to the AMG rims & appropriate new tires. This is one of those situations where I should have made one improvement at a time. I have done some weight reduction here & there, which is also why I've been planning on swapping the hood.ģ.

However, it sure is fun to play around with it & make improvements.Ģ. Oh, I agree that will never be a super car.

1999 mercedes c230 kompressor pulley upgrade