[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks, Marshall,
Both of my engine mounts look good, if I understand what you have
told me. There is almost a 1" rubber cone with like a rounded
aluminum cup sitting on top of it. That makes the aluminum cup of
the mount more than an inch above the chassis. So, I guess they
are in good shape.
I have taken weeks to look into this, because of trying to get my
daughter's new car in shape, etc. That line of problems is still active,
so I think I am just going to live with this idle for a long while. I hate
it, but I cannot think of a good way to test the idle solenoid, the
nozzles are new, the delivery valves almost never go bad, and it
runs great under normal load.
On 24 Oct 2005 at 20:04, Marshall Booth wrote:
The factory mounts usually last a LOT longer than 70kmi (but the
aftermarket ones sometimes don't). Fortunately failure of the motor
mounts on a 124 series car are easy to check objectively. If there is
1/2" (actually 13 mm) clearance between the notch and the chassis the
mount is fine. If less than 1/2" the mount needs to be replaced.
See picture here: http://img.eautopartscatalog.com/live/A700016346CFW.JPG
The notch that I referred to above is clearly apparent on the left side
(there one on the other side too) of the picture in the link and there
must be at least 1/2" (13 mm) clearance or the mount has collapsed and
must be replaced. Mercedes recommends making a tool that's 13 mm thick
to check the condition of the mount.
See page 3-4:
http://mb.braingears.com/124_DISC1/Program/Engine/602_603/Prog_Repairs/mech5.pdf
Marshall
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Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions)
"der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
'87 300TD 182Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5
turbo 237kmi
