I have one that was installed five years ago and used every day since.
No problems.
Gerry
On 6/17/2014 5:50 PM, Scott Ritchey wrote:
Larry,
I have been happy with the Nissens radiator in my 126 SD, but that radiator
was made a couple decades ago. As Gary points out, maybe different now.\
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Larry
Turner
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 6:48 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] W124 Overheated
HI Scott -
Thanks for the info - I ordered a Nissens replacement radiator and
hope it will arrive tomorrow. Have you been happy with yours?
Thx
larry
On 6/17/2014 12:45 AM, Scott Ritchey wrote:
Hey Larry: Copy all. Must just have been an old age/heat failure. My
126
SD has similar miles but I replaced that radiator (maybe 15 years ago)
with
a Nissens (sp?) when it seemed to be running hot. My old 123 TD had
100K
more miles but PO almost certainly replaced that radiator after a road
debris encounter. Looks like these plastic and alum radiators are
consumables. Thanks for the additional longevity data point. Cheers
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of
Larry
Turner
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2014 8:46 PM
Hey Scott,
As long as I have owned this car, since Feb 2006, I have used
the
proper antifreeze bought from the MB dealer. No clue about before
that,
but it was leased by a oil company executive in Mass. He said it was
always serviced by their local dealer. That's all I know about the
car's
history -- presently has 234,500 miles on it. I always used full
synthetic oil and changed it between 6000 and 8000 miles. The engine
is in great shape AFAIF - never uses/urns/drips any oil - at least it
never did prior to the overheating event. when I test drove it last
week - before the radiator neck completely failed it ran perfectly.
The T'Stat opened and closed - also, the engine heated and cooled as
the
fans came on and turned off.
Larry T
On 6/15/2014 5:33 PM, Scott Ritchey wrote:
Larry: Do you know if non MB-spec antifreeze was ever run in that
radiator?
Rumor has it that certain non-spec antifreeze types are MBZ radiator
plastic.
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of
Larry
Turner
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 1:57 PM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] W124 Overheated
Thanks for those comments Marshall. FYI - and I am not sure why
this
happened, but I pried the broken nozzle piece from the hose and when
it
hit the garage floor it broke into several pieces. It was a
surprise
as I would have thought it would have bounced. it dropped from a
height
of approx 3' BTW -- When I examined it it seemed to be pretty
fragile.
I assume it had broken down due to heat cycling.
Larryt
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