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On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 7:42 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I’m not familiar with that issue. Please expound > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > > > On Sep 30, 2019, at 5:12 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Dang it. > > > > Got the car home, got it cleaned up initially, started poking around a > bit and found the tiniest bit of bubbling around the #3 and #4 injectors > with some brake cleaner sprayed around the bases. I checked it out closely > when I test drove it the other day and didn’t see anything. A 60 mile drive > on the interstate at 80 mph seems to have loosened things up a bit…however, > the leakage is really minimal and there’s no buildup of crud or anything > that would indicate it’s significant or even remotely approaching the > “Black Death” stage. > > > > Got a set of seals, bolts and a container of grease ordered from the > dealer. I may just do #3 and #4 and leave the others alone for now. Ordered > a seat cutting tool off Amazon - there are a lot of them, so this must be > endemic for a number of different engines, and not just Mercedes. > > > > I’m going to let the boy drive it until I get the stuff to fix it. We’ll > keep an eye on it in the meantime, but his commute is only about 30-40 > miles a day so I don’t expect it to be an issue at this point. > > > > -D > > _______________________________________ > > 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
