yes. inline 6.
On Oct 4, 2013, at 5:31 AM, Hendrik and Fay wrote: > > This is a M104 engine? > > Hendrik > with an oily 103 > > On 04/10/13 16:51, clay wrote: >> #1 boy finally decided that he would show some interest in his car. We had >> been working on making the car functional enough to pass state inspection so >> it could be registered. Got that out of the way and he slacked off. With >> the W140 on the road, he wants to put some shine to it. >> >> Anyway, he drags me out to see what is making the grease spots on the street >> where he parks. From the top it looks like nothing, but I get him to put it >> on ramps and take off the covers. It is a pit under there and the belly >> pans are loaded with asphalt and crud. Gave the pans a good scrubbing and >> they are ten pound lighter. >> >> We scraped the crap off the underside of the engine. Soaked it with citrus >> degreaser. No matter how much we dosed it, the stuff kept flowing off black >> and thick. Wire brush to the cruddy parts with thick coating and found aged >> cosmoline or some yellowed coating. Brake cleaner cut the mounds of gunk on >> top of the sub frames. Boy got it off ramps and drove it in the rain. >> When he got back there was lots of oily drips all over the place. Looks >> like there is a good leak going on. >> >> Door locks and other vac stuff is not working. I got tired of dealing with >> the kid whining about oil and gunk getting in his hair, so I told him to >> work on the vac lines. I have no idea if the pump actually works, but he >> got happy playing with my vac tester and making the door locks work. We >> will have to figure out the rest of that mystery when he has another day off. >> >> I spent the afternoon with the steam machine blasting away at the built up >> snot on the oil pan and the rest of the stuff under there. It was flowing >> and plopping all over, and the crust was disappearing to the point that what >> was once black was beginning to look about 150k miles newer. I finally got >> it clean enough that any new black drips will be very obvious and I will be >> able to see any real leaks. And the underside is all shiny and pretty. >> Even found that the suspension may have been replaced within the last 12k >> miles. All the bolts, once cleaned, were looking like new. I can see that >> this 300SE could be a sweet ride for show and shine. Now I am going to have >> to spend a number of hours with the steamer getting Frosch ready >> >> clay > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
