I went and looked at the car. At an Irish mech shop who does mostly Beemers and old Land Rovers. He had a sweet red 280SE 4.5 and R130 SL500.
Car was in very good condition for 22yr and 146kmi or whatever it is though it smelled of cigs. Reclining pulsing rear seats. No oil in coolant, I’m thinking it’s a valve cover leak which is still a PITA. Car started and ran fine after a jump, battery was dead. I talked about the oil cooler and how much just parts would cost plus 30-40hr of work. Guy said the transmission was rebuilt 5kmi ago Offered $1k which the guy laughed at, said $3k. So the negotiations have begun. I’m thinking we could meet at $2k maybe, I might try to throw one of these cars I have into the mix and get the cash outlay down a bit. --FT Sent from iFōn > On Apr 20, 2023, at 2:54 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Because you can’t see it. The oil cooler on this engine is in the “V” of the > engine, under the intake manifold and all the related plumbing. All you can > see is the oil either gushing out off the back of the engine if the leak is > external, or more commonly, oil in the coolant. A very common malady for this > engine which involves pulling the heads to resolve. Parts are a minimum of > about $1500 and Mercedes-only. > > My (and Floyd’s) CL600s have this engine. Only way I would buy one is if I > knew the oil cooler had been replaced. Mine has, it was done by the dealer > and is listed on the VMI. > > -D > >> On Apr 20, 2023, at 11:32 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Suspicious. Why not show a photo of the leak? >> >>> On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 10:36 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Oil cooler leak? >>> >>> >>> https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/d/charleston-mercedes-benz-12-s600/7612227094.html >>> >>> -- >>> --FT >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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
