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Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil Filter Shaft and o-rings
On Tue, 26 Dec 2006, MICHAEL ESH wrote:
I have a 1983 240 D and a 1981 300SD. The oil filter is accessed from
the top an
On Tue, 26 Dec 2006, MICHAEL ESH wrote:
> I have a 1983 240 D and a 1981 300SD. The oil filter is accessed from the
> top and they have a hollow metal shaft with two o-rings on the lower end of
> the shaft.
> How often should these o-rings be replaced?
When they get hard and are deformed (squ
On Dec 26, 2006, at 10:59 AM, MICHAEL ESH wrote:
I have a 1983 240 D and a 1981 300SD. The oil filter is accessed
from the top and they have a hollow metal shaft with two o-rings on
the lower end of the shaft.
How often should these o-rings be replaced?
How do you clean out the hollow sh
Mike,
Not sure of the interval for replacing those o-rings, but not more
than 10K miles. However, personal experience says they can last over
100kmiles... Well, maybe not that much, but when I finally changed
them on my 300SD (Gone to new owner last June) they were very
brittle. Cut th
I have a 1983 240 D and a 1981 300SD. The oil filter is accessed from the top
and they have a hollow metal shaft with two o-rings on the lower end of the
shaft.
How often should these o-rings be replaced?
How do you clean out the hollow shaft? I use brake cleaner and compressed air.
Are you
