My '81 300TD with a bad headgasket didn't make any white smoke at startup. If you sat with it idling in the cold you'd lose yourself in the white smokescreen though... That car would even hydro-lock if you left the radiator cap on when you parked it...
-Curt Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 10:15:58 -0400 From: "WILTON" <[email protected]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 91 350SDL trirsty Message-ID: <d0f32d907b344f06a9d59e5248f58...@wiltonpc> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response No white smoke on startup and during warmup. Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Frederick" <[email protected]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 91 350SDL trirsty > Watch for white smoke on startup -- when cold, the water in the > coolant will make copious white smoke until the engine warms up. > > Check for cold pressure in the coolant tank, also traces of oil > > And check for coolant in the AC drains -- it's not impossible for the > heater core or header to leak. > > Check weep hole on the bottom of the water pump (a huge pain on that > car) since it may only leak while running down the road. > > > Peter _______________________________________ 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
