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Re: Mercedes 616 chassis performance (Hymer S820)

Crindle

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jonandjules wrote:

We have now owned our 2004 Hymer S820 for a few months and have done 4000 miles so I thought I would report some of our findings.

year - 2004
gross - 5.99t
length - 8.33m
motor - 2.7, 5 cyl
trans - Manual
miles - 32000

Gross weight - 5990kg, we have weighed the motorhome, as we tend to use it and it comes in at 5500kg. So we have a spare half ton!

Speed - we tend to travel at about 60 on dual carriageways and motorways. On single carriageways we tend to do a maximum of 40 - 45.
Our 616 has quite low gearing, the top speed seems to be about 75 - 80 but in truth that feels much too fast for the vehicle. A more realistic maximum is 65.

Consumption - we tow a smart car on a trailer most of the time which adds about 1200kg. When towing our train weight is the best part of 7 ton and we get a constant 18mpg. When not towing the consumption goes up to 20mpg.

Engine Performance - We tend to drive within 2000 - 3000rpm where the motor is both quiet and smooth. The motor revs up to 4000rpm in all gears. It will not rev past 4000rpm. Between 3200 and 3400 there is some engine resonance that can be felt and heard, after 3400 it smooths out a bit but is now heading towards the top of the rev range and the sophistication of the 5 cylinder fades away.
The oil level 'likes' to be about three quarters up the dip stick - if I fill it to the top it will drop back down to three quarters within a couple hundred miles and then stay there. Do I want more power? I have thought about 'chipping' but do I need more power? Or do I just want more? We are currently full timing in Scotland and go up all the hills fast enough for the prevailing conditions. Sure, every so often I think it would be nice now to have another 10% or so. I think however that I would be more concerned about the possibility of damaging something.

Suspension - hard, in fact harder than hard.....know what I mean? I do my best to avoid potholes! Our last motorhome was a Knaus, based on a Fiat 3850kg camping car chassis which, in comparison with the Mercedes 616 was almost like driving a big car. Much more extra care needs to be taken with this much larger vehicle.

Brakes - work fine, I assume they are the original brakes. We have air assistance on the handbrakes and noticed that the rubber bellows on the rear actuators had perished - I had them replaced today my a Merc garage at a cost of ninety pounds. I think they had perished due to extended time with the handbrake applied.

Tyres - the van had the original Contis fitted (28,000 miles) and looked hardly worn when we bought the motorhome. They were however 6 years old so I changed them for the Michelin tyres at about 150 pounds each. we had noticed that although the old tyres were hardly worn they had worn on the inside of each of the fronts. The new Michelins give a nicer ride than the old tyres - I do not know if that is due to new Vs old or a better design?

Hymer - as for the motorhome itself.......? Great, we are full timing and I am very fussy about details - I have no complaints about the 'van. The layout works great for the both of us with the exception that we wish we didn't have the pull down bed.

Hi Jonandjules.......what a great posting, promoting some good and interesting replies. Well done ! ......Crindle.

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