Hello all,
For vacation purposes, I bought a 1988 Mercedes 230 TE about four weeks ago (mileage 220kkm). My original plan was to use it to pull my caravan all around Spain and back, and then sell it. However, after 8000km of driving the car, I have become addicted to driving around in my own taxi :-)
From a cosmetics point of view, the car looks like new. It did develop quite some quirks however during the trip:
- The thermostat is broken (This happened on the road, I short-circuited it so the engine cooling would still work).
- The front-left brake does not work (it squeaks constantly, even when I do not brake, and the car does not brake very well).
- The ASD light is on constantly, and if the car needs to deliver full power for a prolonged period then the RS light will start to go on and off.
- The engine only runs smooth when asking a lot of power (i.e. almost full throttle)... When I try to accelerate only slowly, the engine mutters (I suspect this is ignition timing?).
Are these problems something to worry about? Can I fix them without major investments (except for some weekends time)? Or should I sell the car anyway and forget about it.
Thanks for your tips!
Greets,
-- Rien