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That's a pic of the updated breather hose - 1 piece of rubber that is flat in the center and has little baffles inside that retard the flow of blowby oil. You probably have the old plastic pipe version and as the engine ages, you are getting a little more blowby and it is getting to the turbo. Chris 1985 300SD 244K miles --- On Sun, 6/14/09, Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > From: Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 2 things -- 300SD > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 3:50 PM > Well you are spot on about the tranny > cooler line -- the one under the > A/C compressor next to the oil pan has been rubbed through > where the > little bracket holds it, took off the bracket, cleaned it > up, looked > like a little fluid was dripping there, fired the car up > and it looked > like I had stabbed a jugular. Gonna put some epoxy on > it for the time > until I can get a new line. > > I don't know how I would tell about MEYLE breather hose, > but yeah, I'm > guessing the oil is coming from the valve cover into the > little can > thing in the air cleaner, and migrating from there. > > --R > > Christopher McCann wrote: > > There are two trans fluid cooler lines that go forward > to the trans fluid cooler at the bottom of the radiator. I > have seen them leak before...make sure the one on the left > is not rubbing on the oil drain back tube. Also, if the > trans is over filled, it might come out the trans vent. > > > > The 180 degree air hose should not have crud in > it...maybe too much blowby...do you have the MEYLE upgraded > breather hose? If not, that will probably help. > > > > Chris > > > > 1985 300SD 243K miles > > > > > > --- On Sun, 6/14/09, Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> > wrote: > > > > > >> From: Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> > >> Subject: [MBZ] 2 things -- 300SD > >> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > >> Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 12:52 PM > >> I have refilled the tranny 2 times > >> now, tranny fluid is leaking somewhere. Is > there a > >> tranny cooler? It looks like some lines come > forward > >> from the tranny that are covered with fluid. > I have > >> not had the car up on ramps yet (I know, I know), > just > >> wondered if anyone might have some thoughts on > what a > >> regular leak might spring from. Tranny > shifts fine, so > >> I think it is OK functionally. > >> > >> Yesterday I replaced the air cleaner mounting > bracket (and > >> the broken one looked like a replacement as well, > with the > >> Benz sticker on it explaining it was "Qualitat"), > took off > >> the 180deg turbo inlet bend. The whole thing > was all > >> crapped up with dirty oily stuff, and the turbo > inlet seemed > >> to have some oily gunk in it too, and some on the > >> vanes. It spins fine, but I was wondering if > spraying > >> something up in there to clean it would be a good > >> idea. Maybe some EFI intake cleaner or carb > cleaner a > >> little bit at a time? I don't want to get > the engine > >> running away or anything. I would presume it > would be > >> best to do that with the engine running? Or > would I do > >> it engine off, and just vacuum or wipe out > whatever crap > >> runs off? > >> > >> Oh, and I just glued up the wood piece on the > front of the > >> ashtray to the ashtray with some Gorilla Glue, it > had been > >> stuck on there with what looked like black > roofing > >> tar. I cleaned all that off with some > turpentine, and > >> sanded it all lightly, I'll give it a couple hours > to set > >> up. 90F today, that should go quick. > >> > >> Thanks.... > >> > >> --R > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090614/02b72dfe/attachment.html> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
