Hello everybody

I am new member in this forum, My name is Din from Manchester UK. I have transmision problem with my car E230 avangrade. When engine is cool especially at morning the gear take time to shift from the 1st gear to 2nd gear. Eventhough i warmming up the engine before i start my journey, it still happen. But some time it drag about 100meter then it will change to second gear but the other gear is no problem . Can anybody suggest what should i do to solve this problem?.

Thank you for spend your time to read this.

regards
din, manchester

 

welcome.

it's warming up the catalyst.

does it behave the same before? or it's worst now?

 

Do you live on a level road or at the bottom of a hill in Manchester? What mode is the gearbox in W/S or has it got S/E or C/S marked on the switch does this make a difference? Warming the engine up before driving off for 5 minutes will have little effect on the temperature of the transmission fluid. Its a hard thing to diagnose without driving the car I would check a few basics like the ATF level and check the condition of the fluid is it nice and pink or is it smelly and dark brown , speak to the last owner ? Is it all OK once its at normal working temperature ?

 

What he's describing is normal, just as sleepwalker said. It's a scheme M-B uses to fire up the cats sooner.

 

this is normal. it is preheating your cat.