I guess they’re aren’t anymore burning questions about that car. On a serious note, at least nothing else was taken out. Kevin in Lexington, NC
Sent from my iPhone > On May 14, 2023, at 4:12 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > So y’all recall the CLK500 that would not crank and had the cats stolen off > it. Well I paid $600 for it and decided to list it on Fakebook as is. Guy was > going to buy it for $1200 but I decided to see if I could get it running and > sell it for more. It had a bad engine computer so I bought a used one on > eBay; then sent it and the original to a guy to clone it. The cloned ECU > showed up yesterday so I threw it in and it starts. It’s missing really bad > and running rich I assume. Checked the codes with SDS and it had codes for > all the 02 sensors and something with the MAF. I was about done messing with > it where suddenly it backfired and caught fire. Had I had a fire extinguisher > near but it wound not have got out of control as bad but unfortunately the > car was in a spot where I could not get a hose to it. Within seconds the > entire engine compartment was ablaze. Of course I called the FD and 10-15 > minutes later they show up. By then car is filly engulfed. It took off so > fast I’m really not sure even a fire extinguisher would have put it out. > Anyway, I guess I should have sold it previously. That car was a turd from > the get go. > > <image0.jpeg> > <image1.jpeg> > <image2.jpeg> > > > Sent from my iPhone_______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
