I had my 1996 mercedes C280 in for repair for an oil leak, two weeks later & $1446. they replaced the timing cover gasket set, crankshaft seal, chain guide, gaset senter,upper cover seal,& Harmonic balance pully assembly, and then set up chain & valve clearance. The car now runs very rough, has bad pickup and sounds like it is miss firing under the hood when taking off from a stop only, also lacks power on the hilly roads where I live. I just droped the car back off at the shop that did the repair. I feel that I should had had a Mercedes dealer do the work.Any recommendation?

 

Sounds like a tale for a consumer advocate televisionspot. </P>


Also sounds like a vacuum leak.</P>