My 93 e320 124 was affected by the self destructing insulation. I had
to buy a throttle body for it. I still have the old one if anyone wants
to try to rewire it. When I took it out there were bare wires
everywhere. It was amazing it worked as long as it did. Once again
car-part.com to the rescue.
I was never so happy to see a car go down the road!
Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
September 10, 2016 at 8:33 AM
For the throttle body, yes.
A new or rebuilt throttle body (“slide”) will set you back a good
$1000. There are rebuilders out there like BBA who do them, too. These
are around $400-$500, but basically all they’re doing is rebuilding
the harness and cleaning the electrical parts.
Are these models affected by the self destructing harnesses? I ask
because the throttle body harness would definitely be one that
degrades. If someone was in the engine compartment moving things
around, they could have caused it to short out as a result of handling
or moving the harness.
Dan
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