I say the temperature gauge is faulty. On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Maybe it took 4 months to develop a crack? > > Jaime > > > On Sunday, February 22, 2015, <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Except that the overheating didn't manifest until four months later. I > > don't buy it. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Feb 22, 2015, at 4:06 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > > Ah, thanks for the update. > > > > > > So, the next obvious thing should be to pull the head and have it > > pressured > > > tested, no? The initial cause was a loss of coolant, so checking all > > those > > > other things doesn't make much sense really. > > > > > > Jaime > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > >> When the car is overheating the heater does nothing. Clear symptom of > no > > >> coolant circulation. > > >> You've missed the years I owned it and drove it and it was fine. > > >> It all started a couple years ago with Angie and I headed to Maine, > > 75mph > > >> up I495 and all of a sudden the car smelled hot. Turns out the clamp > on > > the > > >> lower radiator hose at the radiator had broken, the hose came off and > > the > > >> coolant all fell out of the engine. I pulled into a handy rest area, > zip > > >> tied the hose back on got water from a helpful passerby and made it > to a > > >> roadside rest stop where I got a replacement hose clamp. We made it > home > > >> and the next day I changed out the water for coolant, changed the oil > > and > > >> kept driving the car for 4 more months. > > >> One day on the way to work (during the first warm day of spring) the > > temp > > >> needle started to climb in heavy traffic. When I got to work the > coolant > > >> was down a quart. I filled it up. On the way home I had to stop on the > > side > > >> of the highway and was down another quart. From that point on I > couldn't > > >> run the engine more than about 20 minutes or it would start to > overheat > > and > > >> spew coolant out the radiator. > > >> So we had HeadgasketQ and replaced said head gasket. This seemed to > cure > > >> the issue for about 40 miles, then it came back. I retorqued the head > > bolts > > >> and the problem was gone for maybe 100 miles. Then nothing I did could > > get > > >> the issue to go away. Somewhere in the troubleshooting phase I > replaced > > the > > >> thermostat which changed nothing. > > >> I needed a car so I bought the Jetta and the 240D sat unloved for a > year > > >> until I hauled it to Dimitri. > > >> There have been 3 thermostats in the car from 3 different sources > since > > >> the issue started. I find it far fetched that all three (2 of which > test > > >> good in a pan of water) would fail in exactly the same way but only > > >> sometimes. > > >> Up to date? > > >> -Curt > > >> From: Curly McLain via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > > <javascript:;>> > > >> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com <javascript:;>> > > >> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015 8:27 PM > > >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Overheating 240D more info > > >> > > >> Has anyone tried turning the heater and fan on full blast when it is > > >> overheating? that is an old time trick for desert and high altitude > > >> driving. The heater pulls heat out of the coolant too. Often it > > >> makes the difference between go/no go on deetriot iron of the > > >> 60s/70s. Fortunately, the MB cooling system is pretty robust. The > > >> only time I had to turn on the heater was mountian climbing at high > > >> altitude. At about 12k feet my 200D (now 2.4) ran out of cooling > > >> capacity, and we had to turn around. > > >> > > >> The escort Diesel tended to overheat at about 4-6k feet. > > >> > > >> If I understand this correctly, Dwight ran the car for miles and > > >> years without problem, then the over heating started. If this is > > >> correct, what changed while the car was in Dwights ownership? There > > >> appears to be a change between no problem/problem. Something caused > > >> the change. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________ > > >> 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 > > >> > > >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > > >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list > owner > > >> has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Jaime Kopchinski > > > http://www.jaimekop.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 > > > > > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > > > -- > Jaime Kopchinski > http://www.jaimekop.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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. 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