Yesterday made me wish my car was slightly newer. My 115 has to have the filter element changed from underneath. I waited a bit too long ( I have changed the oil at Halloween the past couple of years when I put it away for winter) and the weather has turned cold here - about 5F yesterday. I plugged it in for a bit and got it warm enough to start up. Let it idle long enough to come up to temperature and then messed about with the coolant before doing the oil. I guess I let it cool a little too much as the oil took forever to drain out of the oil pan. The main amount came out like it should but then it just trickled out for a half an hour. I finally got tired of waiting and put the plug back in so I could pull the filter. Got that out and a new one in the canister etc. Then ran into trouble trying to get the darned thing back on the car. Too tight under there. I'm getting old and fat and I finally had to give up and haul out the floor jack to give myself a bit more room. Still couldn't get the filter to start. Difficult to do under there. By now it was supper time. Dark and cold and although I was in the garage, I had the big door open as I had moved the car back to give myself a bit more space at the front. I was struggling with it when my wife came out and said that the rest of them were tired of holding off dinner waiting for me. I was chilled to the bone and getting angry so I gave up. Just lowered it off of the jack and pushed it back into the garage. So right now, I have it sitting there with no oil in the pan, no filter on the car, the filter stuff in a garbage bag as it is oily and dirty, a pan of used oil sitting under the fuel tank at the back and perhaps little chance of revisiting this mess before the weather warms in April or May. So, right now, I am wishing I had the engine with the filter that loads from the top and a garage that I could heat enough to make winter work bearable. Supposed to be -4F tonight- snowing as I write this - ground is white and not likely to change prior to spring now.
Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Hendrik & Fay Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 9:54 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil draining and sucking Technically you are sucking the oil and not draining it, so we go the drainers and suckers on the list. I am a drainer because I also like to get under the car at least twice a year to check the steering components and anything else. Hendrik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I hate to be left out, so.... > > I drain my oil hot after a run, delayed only by the few minutes it takes to > get out my Topsider and set it up. I have had no problems with using the thing > in the seven years I've had it and the pickup tube has never melted despite > all the old wives' tales to the contrary. > > By the way, my '08 C300 has a dipstick. Unlike my '01 C320 which had no > dipstick, oil pressure gauge or idiot light. > > RLE > > > _______________________________________ 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
