Serpentine belt and Thermostat would be my choice Unless the tensioner is getting noisy I would wait on that. You never know if you are going to get a part thats going to last any longer than whats in there.

 

No timing belt to worry about like the Audi.
Just the pump and gasket. The thermostat is cheap and easy. Just get the correct one
as the diesels need one that is 90º C.

 

+1 on the serpentine belt and maybe the tensioner. If you would, let us know how easy the job goes. I have 110k on my car on the original serpentine. I have the parts but would like to know if it's easoer to replace from the bottom instead of the top of the engine bay..

Thanks

 

Here is a quick update: I spend some time last night diagnosing the car. The coolant leak is clearly coming from the water pump. I ran the car and just way coolant seaping from the shaft area of the pump. Also, it looks like the pulley that connects to the pump has a fair amount of wobble and play to it so the serpentine belt will need to be replaced for sure, along with that pulley. I did replace the thermostat a couple months ago, so that's good. I also verified that the t-stat wasn't leaking.

Does anyone have the part numbers for the following:
05 E320 CDI:
Water pump:
Gasket for water pump:
Serpentine belt:
Whatever that pulley is that attached to the water pump:
tensioner, it sounds noisy:

Feel free to PM the part numbers if you dont feel comfortable on posting them. Thank you for the help folks. This is the first repair Ill have done on my CDI other than the t-stat, filters, and oil changes. 68K miles, I thought I could sneak by longer than that.

 

Nevermind on the part numbers, I subscribed to MB EPCnet and found the following part numbers using that and mercedespartscomplete.com

Water pump: 613-200-0901 GRAF brand
Gasket for water pump: 611-201-0280
Serpentine belt: 014-997-0692 Continental brand.
Tensioner which comes with the pulley: 611-200-0570 CRP brand

 

YES YES!

Some have touched on it. You want it to run 150,000 miles when you close it up.

Hoses, belt, tensioner, Idle pulley, belt and of course NEW pump and MB coolant.

 

Update: got the job done and the water pump was toast.

I have a quick update on the water pump on my 05 CDI w/ 68k miles. Sure enough, the water pump was toast. I could see the coolant seeping from the water pump when the car was running, also the bearings had failed so bad in the pump, the pulley connected to the water pump was not spinning correctly on its axis. There was a slight wobble to it. Good thing the serp belt didn’t go, taking out the fan and other expensive, under the hood bits.

I contacted the dealer asking for a quote to replace the water pump, serp belt, and associated pulleys. $1600 bucks, no thanks! I sourced all the parts myself and the grand total for parts came to around $250 with MB coolant (Autohausaz.com, mercedespartscomplete.com, and parts.com). I then contacted my local indy shop and they replaced the following parts (see below) for $300 dollars, gave me a loaner Audi A4, and got my car back to me in less than 24hrs.

Water pump part # 6132000901
Pump pulley 6132050210
Thermostat 6462000015
Belt tensioner 6462000570
V-Ribbed belt 0149970692
Tightener pulley 0002020019
Coolant hose 6132030382
Water pump gasket 6112010280

Car is running great, no leaks, and a $550 bill is a lot easier to swallow than $1600. Big thanks to my wife who let me drive the Accord while the Benz was out of service, waiting for the parts to arrive. Good think she works 0.5 miles from our house. Thanks to all the folks that gave me help in this thread and PM'd me some very helpful pdf files and tips.

 

I have a quick update on the water pump on my 05 CDI w/ 68k miles. Sure enough, the water pump was toast. I could see the coolant seeping from the water pump when the car was running, also the bearings had failed so bad in the pump, the pulley connected to the water pump was not spinning correctly on its axis. There was a slight wobble to it. Good thing the serp belt didn’t go, taking out the fan and other expensive, under the hood bits.

I contacted the dealer asking for a quote to replace the water pump, serp belt, and associated pulleys. $1600 bucks, no thanks! I sourced all the parts myself and the grand total for parts came to around $250 with MB coolant (Autohausaz.com, mercedespartscomplete.com, and parts.com). I then contacted my local indy shop and they replaced the following parts (see below) for $300 dollars, gave me a loaner Audi A4, and got my car back to me in less than 24hrs.

Water pump part # 6132000901
Pump pulley 6132050210
Thermostat 6462000015
Belt tensioner 6462000570
V-Ribbed belt 0149970692
Tightener pulley 0002020019
Coolant hose 6132030382
Water pump gasket 6112010280

Car is running great, no leaks, and a $550 bill is a lot easier to swallow than $1600. Big thanks to my wife who let me drive the Accord while the Benz was out of service, waiting for the parts to arrive. Good think she works 0.5 miles from our house. Thanks to all the folks that gave me help in this thread and PM'd me some very helpful pdf files and tips.

You did the right thing, welcome to my world, that is what I do but most of the time I will do the work myself. $300+ is way better than $1600.

 

mercedespartscomplete.com?

I couldn't get the www.mercedespartscomplete.com site to come up. Is this the best place to get the water pump parts? IsBeck Arnley or GMP any good?

Thanks for the help,

David

 

I couldn't get the www.mercedespartscomplete.com site to come up. Is this the best place to get the water pump parts? IsBeck Arnley or GMP any good?

Thanks for the help,

David

I'm looking at the Graf on Amazon or the Klarius at RMEuropean. Graf is a little more than Klarius. I know Graf from the BMW world that they make decent units. Never heard of Klarius.

 

Please do not put the Beck/Arnley or GMP pump in that car. They are marginal quality parts.
I would look for a Graf or Saleri pump. They will be around $150, but they are well made.
Do not get the pump from Deutscheparts on eBay. They sell absolute junk.

The best price I saw on an OEM MB part from a dealer is $244.

 

Deutscheparts....Hmmm....Wonder if that's the guy named Peter Rothenberger(Prothe) from North Carolina that sells crap quality parts for VW's? in any case, I would steer clear of this guy. There are quite a few horror stories of his parts going bad on cars in catasrophic ways!

 

Nope they are a crew that works out of an apartment in NYC and has Hamburg Technic
drop ship some terrible parts from the Hamburg Technic HQ in Connecticut.

 

GMB had been well known for water pump but I have a bad experience. Their pump failed in a year leaking coolant onto driveway. Rubber seal hardened just in 10k miles. Their pump is now manufactured in China, not Japan anymore.

 

Graf units have always worked well in the cars I have installed them onto.

 

Here's what I am coming up with so far in my quest for parts.

Coolant/gal $23.73 Autohaus
Water pump Graf $137.95 Thepartsbin *appears to come w/gasket
Gates belt tens. $101.78 Thepartsbin lifetime warr
pump pulley $90.95! What! Auto part warehouse Really? for a stamped disk?
Dayco serp belt $25.58 Thepartsbin
Dayco idler pulley $35.35 Thepartsbin
Upper hose $30.95 Thepartsbin
Thermostat Wahler $32.00 or Replacement $15.00 both 87 degree Thepartsbin

Anything I'm missing? No gasket sealant need, right? The $90 pump pulley has me scratching my head. It appears to be a stamped piece with no bearings or any other parts?
Parts Bin - Auto Parts and Accessories Catalog - 2005 Mercedes Benz E320 Water Pump Pulley Stock Replacement
And will I need any shims?

Thanks!

 

Why do you need a pump pulley? I have normally reused the pulley on the pump? Is your worn damaged?

 

Thebinparts

Be careful here. This site lists parts for the gasser v-6 and the CDI IL6 together. The Wahler pictured for $32 is for the gasser. Almost made the same mistake when ordering.

 

Can't answer changing glow plugs. I haven't changed them but from what I have seen on my Ford Diesel they don't look too big a deal. Pretty much screw in like a plug.

 

Glow plug silliness

I encourage anyone with a North American W211 E320 CDI and glow plug issues to read this thread.

http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w211-e-class/1544921-e320-cdi-glow-plugs-beru-not-3.html

-Bill

 

Interesting additional information including a PDF that could prove to be useful:

Complete guide: replacing coolant pump 05 E320 CDI Part 1 - MBWorld.org Forums

And here for the serpentine belt/fan shroud removal:

http://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...ss-w211/322708-removal-replacement-serpentine-belt-idler-pulleys-tensioner.html

 

Did some work on the Benz today and had a chance to remove the fan shroud so I could get to the power steering pump and reservoir. Since I had to loosen the drive belt I figured it would be a good time for a pulley inspection. I recently watched this video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V14WOUQURbw

It's based on a gas engine but he gives a good idea on what a failing pulley sounds like. Here are my inspection results.....



I found 2 idler pullies and also the tensioner pulley that need to be replaced in the near future. I've had a bit of a sound coming from the front of the engine so I'm glad now that I know what it's coming from and can plan it soon. I have 146K miles on my car so if you have this kind of mileage on yours, it would be prudent to plan to replace yours also. Since you have to remove the fan shroud, the water pump(total coolant flush/coolant reservoir replacement) might just as well be replaced since you will have everything out, and perhaps a new drive belt also.

 

Fellas, since I'm planning an idler pulley and belt tensioner replacement in the near future I wanted to see if these two part numbers are for the same part:

000-202-09-19(This one is the one the Mercedes parts department gave me recently when I called them)


000-202-00-19(This is the one that comes up on Autohaus AZ website when I search the number up above)



Both of them are pullies, but I'm unsure if they are actually the same thing. I don't want to make a costly and time consuming mistake

Thanks!

 

Fellas, since I'm planning an idler pulley and belt tensioner replacement in the near future I wanted to see if these two part numbers are for the same part:

000-202-09-19(This one is the one the Mercedes parts department gave me recently when I called them)


000-202-00-19(This is the one that comes up on Autohaus AZ website when I search the number up above)



Both of them are pullies, but I'm unsure if they are actually the same thing. I don't want to make a costly and time consuming mistake


Thanks!

'
same thing, the 000-202-00-19 is the old part # replaced by 000-202-09-19

 

Real question I guess is if there are any significant changes to the part that will effect longevity. Basically I can get the newest part but it's slightly more expensive than the older superceded part.

 

Basically I can get the newest part but it's slightly more expensive than the older superceded part.

It was superceded for a reason. I would go with the newest part. You do not want to have to do it again anytime soon! Just curious, what is the cost difference between the two?
Mike T.

 

Mike,

Autohaus AZ has it for 3-4 dollars cheaper per pulley(I need two) than KO performance. I mostly try to go with Autohaus since once I'm over $60.00 in product it's free shipping. Only thing is KO performance has 7% sales tax(since I'm located in Florida) and I'll have an extra shipping charge from them so the cost per pulley might end up being 50% higher than AutohausAZ.

Maybe I'll try to find another vendor like Partsgeek or RockAuto and see if they have the pullies with the newest revision part. I have been ordering and preparing for a rather large suspension job coming up really soon so I've been ordering parts from quite a few vendors lately. By the way I will only be using a good quality reputable manufacturer(INA) for this item and not the JUNK from URO parts!

 

Have you checked prices here? Pelican Parts - European Automotive Parts and Accessories - Porsche • BMW • Mercedes • Volkswagen • Audi • Saab • Volvo • MINI.

I buy many items from them as well as Autohaus.

John

 

John,

I've not ordered from them before. The last times I have looked on their website for suspension related parts they were more expensive than some other vendors. I will try them on these particular items. Honestly I would rather give my money to them vs. Autohaus or other vendors since Pelican supports the Benz community. Price however must be in line with what is reasonable however.

 

I also price shop. Pelican has become more competitive recently with their prices and Kenny is very knowledgeable about Mercedes. I always check Pelican and Autohaus but lean toward the former, since as you said, they support the Benz community.

John

 

Yup, I checked Pelican and they have all the newest rev parts at a good price. Order placed. Thanks for reminding me of them!