Now the next bother. Anyone around Portland Oreg. who could look at this
car and take her for a test drive before I comit to drive it cross country.
Let me know please and I will get the contact information. No power
steering, and four on the floor. 0-60 in 10 minutes.
Regards Tom Scordato
Bellefonte PA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 115 chassis 220D
Jim,
Since you mentioned the oil filter - there is one other item you need to
watch for.
There should be a plastic assembly inside the filter housing along with
the
main replaceable filter. The assembly is the actual primary filter & the
replaceable filter is a bypass filter. You are supposed to clean the main
filter with kerosene & re-install it along with the replacement filter.
Later Mercedes diesels replaced this filter with the taller drop in filter
with 2 elements, the top paper pleated section for engine oil & the lower
mat section for bypass filtering.
Problem is the main filter has been discarded in some older Mercedes by
owners & oil changers because they don't understand what it is. And
without
this filter in place to take up the space in the filter housing, the
bypass
filter floats around in the housing and your engine oil gets no filtering
at
all!
Also, stay away from Fram filters for newer Mercedes diesels. Their
filters
have pleated paper elements in both sections, making the bypass filter
100%
worthless & causing your idle oil pressure to run lower.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Jim Cathey
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 10:44 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 115 chassis 220D
What are the bad actors on the car please.
Bad stuff? Cancerous rust, it's prone to rusting due to many
crevices and (I believe) no galvanizing. Changing the oil
is messy, it (probably) predates the topsider sucker tube, and
the oil filter is the all-over-your-arm from the bottom type.
And, of course, the blower motor. It's very DIY, just plan on
it taking a lot of time. You have to remove the dashboard,
and that takes some doing. Best not to be needing the car for
a week or so while you do it, though I hear it can be done in
a long weekend.
If you ask me, the 115 is an excellent car, and is probably
one of the reasons that MB gained such a good reputation.
-- Jim
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