Originally Posted by
alexdc
Yeah. Don't go to the dealership. Go to an independent shop and bring your own oil (and filter) or learn how to do it yourself. Clear the codes. They are just telling you to fix things that have no direct link to the ticking you mentioned. They basically read the codes and gave you an estimate of what came out on their reader.
Agreed to above. Tell the dealership your brother in law(or whomever you wish to lie about)is a MB tech, and has agreed to help you out with your issue, and you just can't afford for them to do all the work; but thank you anyway. Then do the reset out in their lot(may or may not work)and drive away.