The world of luxury German automobiles is dominated by two iconic brands: Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Prospective vehicle owners and car lovers, however, want to know more than speed and brand reputation: they want to know the lifetime operating cost of their dream car. At German Formula, we have studied the maintenance cost, repair frequency, and […]
Mercedes or BMW: Which is more cost effective to maintain? Read More »
Winter is coming! To prepare for the change of seasons it is important to ensure your Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Volkswagen or Mini car is serviced and ready to face the colder, harsher weather conditions of fall and winter. These high performance German vehicles have specific needs that should be addresses to prevent costly repairs
Having a Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Volkswagen or MINI is a great investment in a car with high performance and quality workmanship. In our opinion, these vehicles need to be maintained to the high standards that they set in terms of performance and reliability and this should only be done by specialist professionals. This article explains why each of these brands requires an expert level of service.
Why Your Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Volkswagen, and MINI need Specialized Maintenance Read More »
This car is a beautiful, luxurious beast. Its owner loves to drive it fast. The valve stem seals were a good 1 to 2 mm off the stems, producing an incredible quantity of smoke out of the tail pipes.
The engine in this car was originally designed for the C-Coupe from the early 2000s. That was a port-injected, naturally aspirated affair. Now they’ve bolted on a vacuum pump to one cam, a high pressure fuel pump to the other cam, beefed up the timing chain to more than twice its original strength, and put a turbo on it.
2012 Mercedes Benz C250 – Engine Top-End Rebuild Read More »
What do you do when you’re removing a glow plug in your Sprinter and the darn thing breaks off because it’s seized in the cylinder head? This happens as often as it doesn’t.
Sprinter Repair – Behold! $5,000 in special tools! Read More »
Here’s something you really don’t see every day. A fragment of steel from the flex plate flew off while the engine was running, and tore into the crankshaft position sensor.
2003 Dodge Sprinter – Shattered Flex Plate Read More »
The intake manifold had to be removed from this engine for repair.
The “tumble flap” intake control rods are made of plastic and commonly break after a while. Nothing unusual there.
2011 Mercedes Benz C300 / Another Case of Mouse-itosis Read More »
Here’s something you don’t see everyday.
This charming behemoth was originally fitted as a mobile communications vehicle. This example is complete with workshop manual written in German, French and Italian, so perhaps for the Swiss market.
1989 Steyr-Daimler-Puch 230GE Communications Vehicle Read More »
If you’re getting the occasional engine misfire and no one can figure it out, maybe it’s your engine mounts.
1999 Mercedes Benz ML430 “Leaping Engine” Read More »
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