Re: [MBZ] 99 E300D (w210.025) questions

2007-01-11 Thread John W. Reames III
I stuck my nose under the hood with a maglite just to see what I could find from the top... There's an oily stain running down the plenum tube, dripping off onto the crossmember and continuing down the hose connecting to the intercooler. >From what I can tell, the source seems to be from in b

Re: [MBZ] 99 E300D (w210.025) questions

2007-01-10 Thread jwreames
Thanks. I will try the water and see how it goes. I'm not sure there was a recall on them, but Rusty mentioned the part number has been incremented three times or so. I suspect that if the problem were in the metal section of the lines that there would be much more oil involved (but you never kn

Re: [MBZ] 99 E300D (w210.025) questions

2007-01-10 Thread Werner Fehlauer
nt: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 99 E300D (w210.025) questions I am a little leery of soapy water; I had a bad experience with a w126 where I used soapy water on the bushings that attach the caster bushing bracket to the chassis; the bushings slipped back out of the cast

Re: [MBZ] 99 E300D (w210.025) questions

2007-01-10 Thread jwreames
I am a little leery of soapy water; I had a bad experience with a w126 where I used soapy water on the bushings that attach the caster bushing bracket to the chassis; the bushings slipped back out of the casting! The silicone spray I was thinking of is the CRC 2094 stuff msds: http://www.crcin

[MBZ] 99 E300D (w210.025) questions

2007-01-10 Thread jwreames
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