Mercedes 190e 2.3 16v cosworth Engine Rev - K&N Air Intake

[giriphotography]

is that an original exhaust manifold ?

[Chris190e]

@giriphotography yes

[giriphotography]

@Chris190e thanks, impressive for a street car ..

[WarheartHC]

is this with a K&N Intake Filter inside the stock filterbox?

[brosephskates]

There's one of these for sale at the place I get my current Mercedes serviced for 7,000 it seems like pretty good value, how reliable has yours been for you?

[Chris190e]

@brosephskates

checkout mercedes190.co.uk, but they are good cars and very reliable

7k is alot for one of these, so unless its in top condition i would look else where .. pistonheads/autotrader etc

[Chris190e]

its a fantastic car! all 2.3 16v engines in these (fronm standard) are cosworth, however they are about 180 BHP , the 130 BHP are the 2.3 8v engines (not a cosworth)

for a first car they should be good, however require a bit more maintenance than your average motor.

for a first car you might also want to cnosider a 2.0, 2.3 8v or a 2.6 12v sportline model?

either way check out mercedes190.co.uk , lots of info and friendly advice there :)

[EuroDollaProductions]

hey man, is this a good car? I was thinking this for the first car for me, are those 2.3L 16V all cosworth engines? about 130hp?

[makvarochapollo]

i got one of those cars =) its an amazing car!

[NFreund]

you should adjust your valves...if i'm not totaly wrong, the M102 16V, had no hydraulic valve lifters, and was the only Merc in the 80's (or early 90's) without them...

But the intake sound is VERY nice... =D

[Chris190e]

for those interested, my problem with the car has been 100% corrected by replacing the front wheel bearing on the driver side, drives an absolute dream now :)

[rw0584]

I had a failed engine mount on the exhaust side on my 2.0 190e. It would vibrate when turning left (weight on the broken engine mount) and accelerating as I think the acceleration would also twist the engine over onto the bad mount. As soon as you turned the car the other way and/or let off the throttle the vibration went away. I now have a 2.5-16 - where did you get that k&n intake? It sounds good but I wasn't aware there was one for the 16v?

[Chris190e]

WADE performance do an air intake, im not 100% sure where this one was from though as i bought it with it on

[marselino254]

clean youre engine;)

[Chris190e]

neverrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!! ... its on the list.... just the list is a bit long and.. its near the bottom :P

[Chris190e]

for those wondering (or more likely worrying), the engine was already warm from the drive home from work :)

I didn't do this from a cold start :P