So the daughter unit took the car back to the shop that had the regulator replaced maybe 3 weeks ago, symptoms the same -- batttery dying, not charging.
Mech sends it back to the alt shop, tells them to figure it out. They narrow it down to a "red wire from the fuse box" that was drawing current. (Did not say whether with car running or not) Mech pokes around and finally determines the glow plug relay is not shutting off properly, during his testing was staying on for 3-4min and drawing current, keeping voltage the alt/batt system low. Replaces GPR and says that fixes it. He speculates it was not shutting off other times, continuing to draw down battery after car was shut off (I'm not sure if that is possible) or sucking enough juice the battery was not charging. I put a new GPR in the car in March 2010, got it from Rusty $130. Not sure what kind, but it had a Benz part number. Mech says he put one in that he was able to get for $254, an HUC which is probably chinee (and maybe the other one was too). JABBA -- WHAT IS THAT BRAND? I told him when the shop replaced the regulator pack on the alt that obviously did not fix the problem, so that was a wasted $250 or so. Total for this latest adventure is $453.40. So now $700 into this problem. He just rang me and knocked $75 off, understood that the alt shop was a waste but that is now sunk cost. BAH. I hate not being able to work on my cars! --R _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
