Hi all,
So, I went down a slippery slope in regards to modifying my car and I've run into trouble. My husband drives a C63 and I have always envied his growl. I was at an AMG meet and was discussing my feelings with other owners who simply stated "just remove the resonator with an x-pipe" so I did. It worked great, the sound was just what I was looking for. Until last week when I was accelerating onto the highway and my car hit 5k rpms and just stopped accelerating. It works fine until 5k rpms and then hits a wall. I took it to a mercedes tech who I trust and they told me the exhaust shop damaged my valves in the muffler causing them to stick and throwing the car into limp mode. The shop then tried to repair the "flaps" to no avail. Now their telling me it will cost $5,000 to replace these parts:td: Any ideas? The exhaust shop that did the damage offered to try and fix the problem, but I just don't trust them.
So, I went down a slippery slope in regards to modifying my car and I've run into trouble. My husband drives a C63 and I have always envied his growl. I was at an AMG meet and was discussing my feelings with other owners who simply stated "just remove the resonator with an x-pipe" so I did. It worked great, the sound was just what I was looking for. Until last week when I was accelerating onto the highway and my car hit 5k rpms and just stopped accelerating. It works fine until 5k rpms and then hits a wall. I took it to a mercedes tech who I trust and they told me the exhaust shop damaged my valves in the muffler causing them to stick and throwing the car into limp mode. The shop then tried to repair the "flaps" to no avail. Now their telling me it will cost $5,000 to replace these parts:td: Any ideas? The exhaust shop that did the damage offered to try and fix the problem, but I just don't trust them.