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by kevm14
Sat Sep 13, 2025 12:25 pm
Forum: Powertrain
Topic: 2015 GLA45 Initial Service
Replies: 21
Views: 100

Re: 2015 GLA45 Initial Service

I don't think so
by kevm14
Sat Sep 13, 2025 7:52 am
Forum: Laptops
Topic: Linux on Surface Laptop gen 1
Replies: 0
Views: 9

Linux on Surface Laptop gen 1

I thought I had a thread on this. With Win 10 at end of general support next month, this is more of a serious conversation.

https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki/Supported-Devices-and-Features#surface-laptops

I had no luck booting Mint from USB because I couldn't get past the various ...
by kevm14
Sat Sep 13, 2025 7:47 am
Forum: Car lounge
Topic: W221 S550 hunt
Replies: 80
Views: 31944

Re: W221 S550 hunt

Looks like my 111k service is stacking up like this:
- Oil and filter change. Switching to Pennzoil Euro 5W-40 from 0W-40 due to unavailability of the 0W-40. Even the 5W-40 I had to get from eBay so I may switch off Pennzoil entirely and find something suitable next time.
- Engine air filters. I don ...
by kevm14
Sat Sep 13, 2025 7:22 am
Forum: Chassis / Brakes
Topic: 07 S550: air suspension compressor
Replies: 2
Views: 14

Re: 07 S550: air suspension compressor

Price comparison for posterity.

RockAuto
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FCP Euro
https://www.fcpeuro.com/Mercedes~Benz-parts/S550/Air-Compressor/?year=2007&m=4Matic&e=5.5L+V8+273.968+gas&t=Automatic&b=Sedan

Dealer
https://www.mercedesbenzpartsshop.com ...
by kevm14
Sat Sep 13, 2025 7:20 am
Forum: Chassis / Brakes
Topic: 07 S550: air suspension compressor
Replies: 2
Views: 14

Re: 07 S550: air suspension compressor


And for good measure, I will replace the relay. A lot of times as the air compressors go, they draw excess current and partially kind of melt and a relay with resistance can damage a new compressor.

Relay: A0025422319


I don't really need the instructions (it is an easy job) but look what I ...
by kevm14
Sat Sep 13, 2025 7:07 am
Forum: Chassis / Brakes
Topic: 07 S550: air suspension compressor
Replies: 2
Views: 14

07 S550: air suspension compressor

I have been noticing the compressor is noisier than it used to be. I pulled it into the garage just now for an oil change and reflecting in the garage, even with the windows up, was more audible than it should have been. So I think change of plans. Instead of changing the oil, I'll order a ...
by kevm14
Fri Sep 12, 2025 10:56 am
Forum: Powertrain
Topic: 2015 GLA 45 Catalytic Converter
Replies: 27
Views: 112

Re: 2015 GLA 45 Catalytic Converter

Given that the car and now exhaust is in NJ I think the answer is you are unlikely to find a take off cat back much closer.
by kevm14
Fri Sep 12, 2025 9:49 am
Forum: Powertrain
Topic: 2015 GLA 45 Catalytic Converter
Replies: 27
Views: 112

Re: 2015 GLA 45 Catalytic Converter

"For sale: this 10 year old exhaust that is only a year old"

Maybe this is an intelligible sentence in his social circle. It IS new Jersey....
by kevm14
Fri Sep 12, 2025 7:48 am
Forum: Powertrain
Topic: 2015 GLA 45 Catalytic Converter
Replies: 27
Views: 112

Re: 2015 GLA 45 Catalytic Converter

Wow. How is it only a year old?
by kevm14
Fri Sep 12, 2025 5:00 am
Forum: Powertrain
Topic: 2015 GLA 45 Catalytic Converter
Replies: 27
Views: 112

Re: 2015 GLA 45 Catalytic Converter

They spend a lot of R&D on exhausts. The idea that the factory resonator was "just a tube" ignores resonant tuning principles. They are tuning to diminish certain objectionable frequencies and/or harmonics and even accentuate other, "pleasant" ones. We are far from the days of "this exhaust is ...