The sad thing is that it is probably not done out of ignorance. Probably just laziness. Dimitri
Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That almost always happened on the OM621 and 615 engines if the owner let anyone else change the oil. But there is an error in the statement: The plastic filter was not the "prefilter" it is the mail filter, and the replaceable cartridge is the BYPASS filter. Without the main filter properly in place the bypass does nothing. At 10:13 PM 4/9/2007, you wrote: >3 years ago I had the oil and filter changed on my 73 220D. Several >months later, I changed it myself. I unscrewed the oil filter >housing and to my horror the prefilter was missing. Yes, my engine >oil was not getting filtered for months on end. Loren Faeth _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com --------------------------------- Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 10 16:36:44 2007 Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.245]) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) id 1HbJKl-0005rX-Ix for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:36:44 +0000 Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b6so2070195ana for <mercedes@okiebenz.com>; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:36:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.191.5 with SMTP id o5mr5039006anf.1176222999818; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:36:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.232.8 with HTTP; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:36:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:36:39 -0700 From: Zeitgeist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.9.cp2 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Off Topic Acura's X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp2 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com> List-Unsubscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com> List-Post: <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:36:46 -0000 <rant> Yes, I acknowledge that .00001% of the population can actually use their SUV's "functions" .00002% of the time, but up here in Western Warshington, they're about as useless as tits on a bull, yet they're still absurdly ubiquitous. My wife's "new" Quattro wagon puts her somewhere in with that silly mix, but hey, she says she needs AWD--pfft, whatever. My neighbors have a Ford Exploder and Lincoln Navigator--they're both 2WD!!! WTF's up with that? </rant> Damn, I'm full of piss n' vinegar this morning. The Jehovah's Witnesses better not show up at my door, today. On 4/10/07, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In my case, you are NOT making it up the driveway to get out in the winter > without four wheel drive. Repairing the driveway until rainy season is > over is a waste of time, and it's too long for paving it to be cost > effective, especially with the heavy stuff I tend to drag around on a > trailer. A 4matic is nowhere near as cost effective as some 4x4s out > there. > > That aside, wagon bodies are very useful. >
