What Is E10 Fuel? It's a standard 95 octane fuel that has 10% of the volume replaced with ethanol. What Is E5 Fuel? It's a standard 97+ octane fuel that has 10% of the volume replaced with ethanol. What Is Ethanol? It's alcohol. The same stuff in your alcoholic...
Kane Harrison
Ebay Power Chips
Do they work?
ED 451 Fuse Layout
451 ED (Electric Drive) Fuse Layout No Amp. Colour 1 Not used empty empty 2 Windscreen wipers 25 A Neutral 3 Window lifter motor, left and right 20 A Yellow 4 Heater blower 25 A Neutral 5 Fog lights, LED DRLs 10 A Red 6 Parking lights & Tail lights right, speedo...
ED Vinyl Removal
The ED logo is clever. It's a plug. Hah! neat. Shame it looks so shit. It has to go... but how easily? Thankfully it's a vinyl graphic placed on last with no lacquer over the top. Ideally on a warm day, use something soft to peel back the edge. A fingernail if you...
Ein DV Kaufen
So you want to buy a DV from Wiltec in Germany but your German is on par with your Icelandic and your Urdu? Follow the info below.
Electric Drive Charger Type
How Do I Know What Charger I Have? There's not much point paying out for a fast charger if your car doesn't support fast charging. There are various ways to see which charger you have but the easiest way is just to look at the charger port. 451 Fortwo ED (Electric...
Electric Drive Charging Fault
History In early 2022 I had an issue with my 453 forfour not charging using the proper wall charger. However, my 451 ED charged fine on the same charger. I just presumed that there was a hardware issue with the car since MB Star Diagnostics was claiming there was an...
Electric Drive Servicing
Servicing An Electric Drive Smart Smart royally screw over electric drive owners when it comes to servicing. Considering there's no oil, oil filter, air filter, spark plugs, V-belt or valve adjustment to be changed, they actually charge more to service an electric...
Electric Superchargers
Electric fan that sits in the air inlet pipe and increases performance by pushing air into the engine
ELM327 Bluetooth Dongles
No one has ever asked me directly but it's a question that appears weekly online. Can I Use A Bluetooth ELM327 Dongle On My Smart? This is 1 of many versions of the ELM327 OBD dongle. There are many like it but this one is mine. Can You Use It? Yes you can. Will It Do...
Emergency Rescue Sheets
When a car is in a crash, it's of vital importance that the fire brigade know everything they need to know about the car. The important information usually includes the locations of: Airbags Seat belt tensioners Body reinforcement Fuel tank (petrol & diesel)...
Engine Cover Fastener
If you have owned a smart long enough, there is a good chance that at some point, the engine bay fastener will come loose. They pull out of the hole and eventually go missing after rolling into the engine bay somewhere. If you haven't lost the fastener, you can hold...
Engine Misfire
Misfire - What Is It? When an engine is running properly, each cylinder is "firing". For the cylinder to fire correctly, it needs certain variables. It needs fuel, oxygen, heat and pressure. Fuel - Petrol (gasolene), diesel or LPG. Oxygen - Atmospheric air contains...
Engine Oil Capacity
Engine Oil Capacity Different spec sheets suggest different quantities although they are all very similar. Here is an approximate oil capacity for each of the smart engines. These capacities are for filling a new engine. When you do an oil change, you will not be able...
Engine Reconditioning Info
The suprex engine isn't as robust as people hoped so reconditioning is now commonplace
EQ Pioneer Switching Issue
My Pioneer Stereo Turns On By Itself Not long after fitting the SPH-EVO62DAB stereo, I was laying in bed trying to get to sleep. I live in the middle of nowhere so it's usually very quiet but I could hear music. I figured it was some kids parked up on one of the...
Essential Tools
Although the smart is a normal car in a small package, it seems as though they liked using some slightly less normal fixings. This is a growing list of things you may need when doing things to your car.
Euro Emissions Standards
If a car is to be sold in Europe, it must conform with Euro emissions standards
Euro/UK Light Adjustment
Going abroad? moving abroad? taking your smart with you? want to conform to their road laws? bored of questions already?
Evilution – The Cars
A few pictures and a bit of info about my smarts