Note to self: If ever need to chance evap core.. replace car instead.

 

You might have warned people to turn OFF their speakers before clicking the link...otherwise it was a great vid, thanks for sharing.


But it made me think that MB should show that to their service customers before they tell them the evaporator needs to be replaced so they understand why it's $3,000.

 

I have a W126 and a W140. It seems the evaporators always go out on these cars and they are a real pain to change out. I was thinking about a W220. Do they seem to have the same issue, and are they just as hard to replace?

 

... I was thinking about a W220. Do they seem to have the same issue, and are they just as hard to replace?

As long as I'd read daily in the german forums (1,5 years) there was no need to replace the evaporator in W220. It is indeed a issue of the w140 - but we all know the production of W140 started in 1991 and the W220 started 7 years later.

MB needs about 15 hours for the W220.

 

The old joke was that car manufacturers hung the evaporator from the factory roof with a string, then built the car around it. I see that Benz still uses the same technique...

Second the move to replace the car.