On E320 wagons fuel tank is exposed underneath. It's not like a W126 series.
Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tan Qu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 10:55 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Highway Debris 1 - Gas Tank 0 > So this unknown object must have knocked a hole on the > floor where the fuel tank sits too? > > > > --- James Zavesky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So there we were, Deb I and the Kid, driving along > > on I480 in the 1995 E420 > > wagon I bought her going west bound to the airport > > post office to mail xmas > > gifts. Motoring along in the passing lane doing 60 > > or so when we heard a > > huge thud and the car shook. Steering was fine, > > exhaust remained quiet, > > tires felt fine. Saw nothing in the road. We tried > > to figure out what it was > > and even joked that maybe it was the same asshole > > that loosened the lugs on > > the V12 twice did something to this car. When we got > > out of the car at the > > airport Deb immediately smelled gas. Bad news was I > > had just filled the car > > up at the Bp station. I notified the postal > > employees who called the airport > > fire department. Most of the fuel drained out by the > > time they arrived and > > into the sewer system. Yep, a bad thing and the post > > office WAS busy. Filled > > out forms with the fire deparment and the EPA will > > probably get involved. > > Notified Nationwide Insurance who are basically > > useless. Had the car towed > > to Bedford Mercedes and I get a rental tommorrow. > > Visible damage looks like > > a hard ball size concave impression with a 2-3" gash > > at the apex. No scrapes > > going into it. One fireman told me that hitting a > > chunk of ice can do that. > > One of my friends went back over the area and didn't > > see any road debris. > > It's 10 degrees and the cold is amazing. Any > > thoughts on this? > > > > James Zavesky > > 1991 500SL > > 1992 600SEL > > 1995 E320 > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > For new parts see official list sponsor: > > http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
