andreigbs
Veteran Member
Howdy folks, long time no see! I had last been on this forum as a lessee of a '14 Golf TDI that I kept for about 2 years before returning during the buyback program. I opted to end my lease early and took the payout, including the Bosch payment received recently.
Since most of my 20+ years' driving career has been spent in oil burners, I needed to get back into a diesel. We were down to one car (the wife's Passat gasser) which is pushing 134k miles. After about 6 months of looking, we found a beautiful black '14 Merc GLK 250 Bluetec CPO with 48k on the clock and pulled the trigger.
We now have just over 52k miles on it and recently took it back to the dealer for a CEL related to fuel pressure. Turns out there was more gas in the tank than diesel which caused significant damage to the HPFP (metal shavings found in filter and fuel tank itself). I have never put gas in a diesel or the other way around, so it clearly must have been contamination in the underground fuel tank on one of my fuel stops.
It's been in the shop nearly 3 weeks now, the first week was spent in diagnosing the CEL and finally pulling a fuel sample. Luckily, insurance covered it as MB does not warranty "mis-fueling."
It is getting a new fuel tank, new lines, new HPFP, new fuel rails and accessories, new fuel filter, and finally new injectors. All for $13,5k that GEICO has written the check for already. Meanwhile I've been driving a E300 4Matic loaner that loves $55 fill-ups weekly.
While this initial setback has somewhat left a bitter taste in my mouth, especially early on in the ownership experience, I remain confident that it will be a good one overall and can't wait to get Moose (yes, the wife nicknamed it) back any day now. We have a roadtrip planned in September, from Chicago all the way out to the west coast and back, stopping in as many national parks as possible along the way.
I have searched on both mbworld and benzworld forums online; neither come close to the civility, maturity level, resourcefulness and the technical know-how as on TDIclub, therefore I'm glad to be back and hope this subsection continues to expand!
Any and all comments/questions are welcome
Since most of my 20+ years' driving career has been spent in oil burners, I needed to get back into a diesel. We were down to one car (the wife's Passat gasser) which is pushing 134k miles. After about 6 months of looking, we found a beautiful black '14 Merc GLK 250 Bluetec CPO with 48k on the clock and pulled the trigger.
We now have just over 52k miles on it and recently took it back to the dealer for a CEL related to fuel pressure. Turns out there was more gas in the tank than diesel which caused significant damage to the HPFP (metal shavings found in filter and fuel tank itself). I have never put gas in a diesel or the other way around, so it clearly must have been contamination in the underground fuel tank on one of my fuel stops.
It's been in the shop nearly 3 weeks now, the first week was spent in diagnosing the CEL and finally pulling a fuel sample. Luckily, insurance covered it as MB does not warranty "mis-fueling."
It is getting a new fuel tank, new lines, new HPFP, new fuel rails and accessories, new fuel filter, and finally new injectors. All for $13,5k that GEICO has written the check for already. Meanwhile I've been driving a E300 4Matic loaner that loves $55 fill-ups weekly.
While this initial setback has somewhat left a bitter taste in my mouth, especially early on in the ownership experience, I remain confident that it will be a good one overall and can't wait to get Moose (yes, the wife nicknamed it) back any day now. We have a roadtrip planned in September, from Chicago all the way out to the west coast and back, stopping in as many national parks as possible along the way.
I have searched on both mbworld and benzworld forums online; neither come close to the civility, maturity level, resourcefulness and the technical know-how as on TDIclub, therefore I'm glad to be back and hope this subsection continues to expand!
Any and all comments/questions are welcome