The funny thing is, I discovered the leak b/c the car was over heating (usually it runs cool). I popped the hood and saw the short hose was oozing coolant, so I topped it up - took nearly a gallon of H2O through the filler tank.
Now that the radiator coolant level is back to normal, the hose no longer drips. WTF??? On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Careful too because some of the MB hoses are not the same diameter at both > ends. Dimitri's '78 240D has a heater hose that I spent an hour carefully > stretching into place because to get the small end right meant the big end > was too small. This was back when Trent either sent me the wrong thing or > nothing at all. > -Curt > From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Mitch Haley <mi...@mitchellhaley.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2015 1:46 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] And now for something completely different (not OT) - > R/R W123 coolant hose > > > > How do I get a part number for it? Or do I simply order generic (approx. > > 1" dia.) coolant hose and cut it to match? > > If it doesn't have any molded bends in it and Goodyear or Gates quality is > good > enough for you (5-10 year life vs maybe 10-20 for factory) > you can just take it off, and have the guys at FLAPS cut an appropriate > piece > off a roll of bulk hose to match it. Hopefully if it isn't close enough to > a > common inch denominated side to do that, they'll tell you instead of > selling you > a too-large hose. > > If you want it RIGHT, go here and look it up. > You have to give them a credit card to activate a free one year > subscription, > IIRC. > http://epc.startekinfo.com/epc/login.jsp > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
