Two questions: 1. Did you turn the cabin heat on before you started filling the system? 2. Did you try running it with a new thermostat? Gerry...late comer to discussion.
Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It sure doesn’t look good. This morning I checked reservoir and it was at the > mark, pulled upper hose and had water there. Started it up and let it idle > with some revs up and down without the cap on. Reached 80 after a while and > never had any bubbles in the tank. Looked good. Put cap back on, revved it up > and down some more and seemed fine. Temp holding fine. Took it out for a > drive. On the road it seemed to be doing fine. When I got out to the highway > a mile down the road I did a couple of full throttle accelerations. Suddenly > temp started shooting is getting close to the red. I turned AC off an turned > heat on high and temp dropped back down. After it did I turned ac back on and > drove normal. Didn’t take long before temp started creeping back up. Crap. > Got it home and popped the hood. Upper hose is rock hard. Damn it. This is > unbelievable. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jun 6, 2020, at 3:33 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > No, never really had any issues before. > > > >> On 6/6/2020 3:20 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > >> Did you raise the front of the car before starting the filling process? It > >> always seemed to help me .... > >> > >> On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 2:34 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Nope > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> > >>>> On Jun 6, 2020, at 2:22 PM, Frederick Moir via Mercedes < > >>> mercedes@okiebenz.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 > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> 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 > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.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
