my 1997 312 sprinter keeps "holding back" when accelerating,doing it all the time now and has got progressivly worse,when you brake and the speed drops below 20mph the abs starts working,anybody know whats wrong with it?ive changed a rear abs sensor that was damaged,it was fine after that for about 100miles but has got worse again,any help greatly apreciated as we have to get to rockingham in the peice of shit on saturday for a rally.

 

so thats nobody then?

 

Sry dude cant help but most people who might know will be tucked up in bed now i expect.

 

try dazc

 

ok,cheers,just dont want to pay dealer prices if it something simple,will attack the german peice of shit again in the mornig then if no joy book it in at merc!!

 

I don't know myself huni sorry
however I've got a merc van in work tomorrow booked in for reported lacking power badly and glow plug lights on!!

So will speak to the Tech working on it and read him whats going on with yours and see if he can suggest anything for you If thats any help

xxx

 

thanks,tell him my shitboxes symptoms,he may have come across it before.

 

They have a problem with rear pads siezing in the calipers and then the pistons sieze up too,Mine lost the pedal as well(almost to the floor with hardly any effort)...

I gutted the rear calipers and did a full rebuild with new pads etc.....Sorted..

 

I know those technical terms well ,,,,not a problem

In work all I ask is,,,whats up with the customers vehicle,,,,all I get is,,Its fooked then I have to go and explain it in non technical simpleton terms to the customer Workshop life ay


xxx

 

rear calipers are fine though mate,just been overhauled.iam 95% sure its something to do with the traction control but need an expert to guide mer realy,when its fixed iam selling it and getting a new transit,they are the bollox,mates got a brand new one and it tows his rally car at 95mph on the trailer.

 

Transit is deffo the way to go mate.....

My fookin sprinter nearly bankrupt me fuelling the fookin thing..

 

What brand of cooking oil do you use in it Tim ?

Is the 'holding back' not the filter

 

my sprinter is fully kitted out with awning,genny,compressor,microwave,internet,tv,and kettle. a brilliant tool for rallying miles from home but so unreliable.

 

used to use a pink tinged fluid till the "big raid!",she now uses regulation pump crap,just changed the filter,its deffinatly electrical.

 

Is it the CDI model or is it still on an injector pump?

 

Get it into the dealer and hook it up to the Star Machine (diagnostics). CV dealer prices aint that bad and it'll be fixed much quicker than faffing about trying to guess at the problem.

If you do end up taking it to your local CV dealer, drop me a pm with where you are and if I know the Service Manager there I can ask for some discount for you.

 

just stop fookin about with that diesel shite - all you need to know is one letter and one number .................................................. ...................................




























V8

 

have a look at the rear wheel speed sensors tim, juck the van up and use a multimeter on ac volts and then disconnect the sensors multiplug connect the meter ( im assuming there std abs inductive sensors here ) you should then spin the wheel and check the sensors output in AC volts, will vary with speed of rotation. the merc from memory utilises the rear abs sensors as part of a basic traction control system for rear wheel spin under acceleration, if one sensor is out of limits it may see it as wheel slip

 

Had similar on mine a while back at work and it turned out to be the injector pump

 

pump is only 10 months old,its not cdi,i think is something to do with the abs,can it not just be disconected?

 

Did ask in work huni, but they really needed a lil bit more of an explaination sowwy

I do hope ya get it sorted tho

xxx

ps did ya go look at your model