Very good insight. Of course maybe I just like your input because it makes me feel happier than the news that I might need valve seals or worse in an engine that supposedly ony has about 115k mi. on it. :)
Brian On 8/21/07, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I admit that I have not read all of the posts on this thread, so bear with me > if someone else has already suggested > this. > Since you talk about backing out of the garage and up the hill, is it not > possible that it is just because you are > putting the vehicle under load when it is not yet warmed up? More smoke and > a bit of oil might just be an issue > while it is cold. > > I had a situation with my old 68 Chevy pickup a few years back. I was trying > to back a travel trailer up an incline > in a spot with little room to manouver and as such could get no run at it at > all. By the time I got the trailer up > the hill the truck was blowing blue smoke real bad. I assumed that I had > damaged the motor by forcing it to move > the trailer up the hill at low speed. However, that was in 1991. I still have > the truck and it is not using oil. It > did not seem to suffer any long term issue. It just did it the one time when > I put a real load on it. > > Randy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Zoltan Finks > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 1:46 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Can backing up a hill cause oil drinkage > > > It's not using much oil at all. I have a leak at the oil filter lines > that attach to the block. And with this, the level goes down maybe a > pint every, well, so often. I don't put many miles on the thing - I > try not to drive very much. Am fortunate enough to be able to bicycle > much more than I drive. > > Another note: I recently added oil. The level was just above the add > mark, and this with the engine completely cold and not run for a day > or so. So I assumed that if it were to be run and cooled and the level > checked, the level would be a bit lower. So I intended to add a pint, > which I thought would bring the level up to half way between the add > and full marks - where it should be, right? But I accidentally added > 2/3 of a quart. So perhaps its being a bit fuller than it likes > contributes to the described smoking condition? > > Brian > 83 240D > > On 8/21/07, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The joker in me says "your car is always burning oil" thats what OM616 > > means. > > > > Is the car actually burning oil, like is the oil level going down? I for > > one wouldn't worry about it until you're > going through oil like the Exxon Valdez... > > > > -Curt > > > > Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:21:39 -0700 > > From: "Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [MBZ] Can backing up a hill cause oil drinkage > > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > Had a thought this evening as I backed out my driveway in the 240D. > > It's a fairly steep but short driveway. > > > > I notice that there is an unpleasant amount of smoke when I do this. I > > thought maybe it's just that I notice it since I'm backing into the > > exhaust. But tonight I smelled burning oil. > > > > Was wondering if somehow the angle of the car coupled with the inertia > > of moving backward could cause the engine to burn some oil? > > > > I don't know how this would specifically work, it's just a bit of > > general detective work. > > > > Brian 83 240D > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
