Originally Posted by
oledoc2u
Well.....the kids come home when they need something....lol. stay with bosch if you can and iridiums is correct. The tranny with those miles certainly needs fluid and a filter. Having SRT's I can't answer your stuggish questions but maybe clean throttle body and check for vacuum leaks around it's base, make sure no hoses are cracked and causing a vacuum leak. Do a throttle body reset a couple of times see if that helps.
Throttle body and hoses....I will have them checked. Thanks.
As for the tranny.....I hate the backlash I get from the tranny shops....all of them want to say how its a chance it will all go bad if you change the fluid....im just mad that the car service wss never recommended until the whole "sealed for life" thing blew up in mb's face. Now im past typical recommended times for tranny fluid to be changed and im super nervous. First time servicing a 10 year old 96k tranny has me going nuts! Does anyone you know or heard of have anything to relieve this worry? I can afford a couple hundred to get her back running lovely....i cant afford 2k to keep her in my life you know?
Now as to the spark plugs. The bosch 9600 set I had didnt show up on the conversion chart for the mb stock spark plug so I swapped them for the ngk 4292 (took my price from $83 to $122) laser platinums. The auto store doesnt carry the correct bosch plug listed on the conversion chart and i cant see the 9600 on any conversion chart online.
HERE IS A LINK TO THE OEM PLUGS I FOUND:
003 159 94 03,MERCEDES-BENZ 0031599403 Spark Plug