Frederick Moir <fred4s...@gmail.com> 3:21 PM (0 minutes ago) to Mercedes Water pump or belt turning it the wrong way? YMMV Fred.
-- Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 3:21 PM Frederick Moir <fred4s...@gmail.com> wrote: > Water pump or belt turning it the wrong way? > YMMV > Fred. > > > On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 3:15 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> After I sent this I went back to the car and there was no pressure on the >> hose at all after sitting about 10 minutes. I slowly loosened cap and fluid >> started coming out again. I quickly tightened it. I then loosed then upper >> hose again and slowing let the pressure off. No water came out and felt >> like there was no water at all in the upper hose. After all the pressure >> was off removed the hose and there was no water in it. Started loosening >> the reservoir cap and water started flowing out of the upper hose. >> Tightened it and the flow stopped. I filled a little more water in thru the >> hose, probably less than a cup and it was full, put hose back on radiator. >> Pulled cap level was fine in the radiator. Started it back up and let it >> run for a couple of minutes. Hose was not hard but also did not feel like >> there was any water in it again while running. Normally they feel squishy >> with water in the hose but it just felt empty. I shut it down and will mess >> with it some more in the morning. I wonder if suddenly the thermostat stuck >> closed or something, or what the deal might be. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Jun 6, 2020, at 1:56 PM, Kaleb Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> wrote: >> > >> > I swapped out the radiator the other day and today filled it with >> coolant/distilled water. I fill from the reservoir until full then I pull >> the upper hose off the radiator then fill it into the hose until fill then >> reattached. I then started it up and ran it for probably 10-15 minutes. >> Temp rose steady till it hit the normal operating temp on the gauge. I then >> took it out for a test. As soon as I pulled onto the street temp started >> climbing. I immediately pulled back into the shop. Nearest I can figure is >> I thought I got it full from the top hose but must not have. I could not >> feel any water in the hose when squeezing it. I then loosened the cap a >> little and it had quite a bit of pressure enough to where fluid started >> coming out. I ran it for a few minutes on high heat before doing this. >> After releasing enough pressure I pulled the upper hose in again and it was >> dry. Filled in a whole gallon of distilled water in there and topped off >> the reservoir. Started it back up and it did not start getting hot but >> after a few minutes with the cap left off coolant started rising up and >> flowing out of the tank. Shut it back off, pull the upper hose again and it >> still appears to be dry. I filled in some more water and also filled in the >> reservoir until it was flowing out of the top outlet of the radiator. >> Reconnected hose and put cap back on then started it up. I ran it for about >> 5-10 minutes and temp was fine, but upper hose seemed stiff. I don’t recall >> it being stiff before while running. Temp was still good so I shut hood to >> take it out. Got back in the car and temp was now up to about half way >> between the line above 80 and the next line next to red. Too warm for me. >> Shut it down. Upper hose is rock hard. >> > >> > I suspect the worse but will let it set until tomorrow and see what it >> does. I guess I didn’t get the the engine filled the first time so it was >> running with no coolant circulating and didn’t show up on temp gauge. Quite >> disappointing and all my fault if really blown. >> > >> > Now I’m going to crawl under the 240d and start pulling the slave >> cylinder and master. >> > >> > Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > > -- > Fred Moir > Lynn MA > Diesel preferred > > -- Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred _______________________________________ 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
