Now quit that! Gump will be coming out of the shop this week. I swear I thought I could do the fix, though it was not a real "needed" repair. How was I to know I would booger it all up?
clay On 21 Aug 2007, at 14:06, R A Bennell wrote: > Ah So! Remember first rule of car repair! Do not fix things that > are not broken! > > Randy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Zoltan Finks > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 2:53 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Can backing up a hill cause oil drinkage > > > 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! 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