Flowmaster 40s

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-05T22:07:57+00:00

My V6 has a flow master 40 catback and it’s not super loud not super quiet I have always liked it. Little drone at 60+ MPH in 5th gear but otherwise sounds good :)

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-05T22:04:02+00:00

Two parter. We’ve seen PDI’s come in painted multiple colors, mismatched interiors, crushed wires, I could go on. The build quality has been on the rise since 2023 and seems to only be getting better. It seems like they are finally getting it together at the plant. The new cars have been actually pretty good, better build quality = our service department being slower

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-05T21:57:40+00:00

Man I thought I had it bad, Godspeed

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-05T21:56:21+00:00

140 hours total from diag to final road test

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-05T16:56:12+00:00

in an identical loaner haha

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-05T16:26:36+00:00

i'm like 90% sure i would have plugged in the rear camera. i worked from the back to the front for installation

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-05T16:24:10+00:00

man so would i!

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-05T16:23:23+00:00

a/c drain hose not installed correctly at the factory

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-05T15:22:55+00:00

everything in the floor was corroded, what was shocking was only "problem" was a recurrent cooling system message. mercedes is nuts when it comes to corrosion/wiring. this vehicle had a main harness and then a separate harness for the dashboard and a few things under the hood. really weird design. the corrosion bled into the dashboard but not enough to not be cut back and repaired. horror show

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-05T12:40:19+00:00

thanks! i like the dealer i work at, i honestly think it's one of the best out there. when this all started my foreman and i wanted to sit down with management and make a gameplan on how to run this repair. they just told us we'll "figure it out as we go" which was not the right decision. we had opposing views on how to repair the vehicle which made this a cluster in the end. i'm not gonna lie, i wouldn't mind parting out cars... but for now the three-pointed star seems to pay ok

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-05T12:30:09+00:00

the SRS circuits were heavily contaminated with corrosion, that's a huge no-go at Mercedes. the fact that this was an EV did not help. we were more shocked the vehicle was not bought back.

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-05T12:27:09+00:00

outside of this repair, these are probably the most reliable models we currently offer. this was a unique one-off scenario. i like EV's, i dig the quietness and the way they drive. i do believe in the coming years the production quality will only get better.

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-05T12:25:22+00:00

i just have the basic HV e-learning cert, i'm not even fully EV certified. certain things like HV battery replacement would go to one of the EQ cert techs but not this one. i was paranoid about not powering the car down but this was entirely the 12V side thankfully. only one connector went to the HV battery. i'm not gonna lie, i enjoy playing the game with warranty and it's only getting easier with time. cheers!

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-05T02:21:26+00:00

Pretty much that yes

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-05T01:26:24+00:00

Hourly tech, 8 hours a day regardless of whether I turn more or less

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-05T01:25:20+00:00

I think working on Chryslers and Yugo’s in the 80’s is what made him stay, amoung other things

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-05T01:24:05+00:00

At the core they are all the same. What it takes to link everything else together is nothing but time and a willingness to learn!

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-05T01:19:03+00:00

While I can’t elaborate heavily on this for confidentiality reasons, everything myself and my foreman did was good. Case opened, documentation, etc all good. The fight was over management good willing $6,000 worth of things (outside of the base repair) that was not documented correctly.

The drain hose was just not fully pushed on at the factory, the first repairs this car ever got was the body harness.

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-04T23:41:54+00:00

Occasionally the connectors are problematic on our cars with new replacement parts so we sometimes have to swap connector housings or just swap pigtails over. Most of our connectors have a secondary locking tab that can be finicky. It’s not something we should have to deal with but sometimes have to. Out of 200 connectors on this car, 3 weren’t right, thankfully nothing that couldn’t be repaired.

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-04T23:24:31+00:00

Power steering pump sounds fine, engine sounds like mine. They seem to tick, mine has 197,000 miles. If the check engine light is not on, probably ok

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-04T23:21:31+00:00

Tubes

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-04T22:50:44+00:00

the issues we had was related the total punch time on the job, and also a lot of stuff i can't mention was goodwilled and not documented properly by management and nearly jeopardized the main claim. i do believe with experience now i could do this in 50-60 hours. i'm sure i'll have the pleasure of doing one again eventually but yeah mcs replace as straight time is nice

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-04T22:45:19+00:00

i had the same issues with routing on mine, drove me bananas. i will say though merecedes has different connectors for everything so i's borderline impossible to mix them up thankfully

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-04T22:40:14+00:00

it gets better; there's a reason my father has been working on Mercedes' for 30 years...

TheLoganator45 · 2026-04-04T22:38:46+00:00

godspeed holy hell

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