It lost some coolant but could be from known area around tstat housing cover.
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What’s the coolant level?
On Mar 1, 2015, at 2:13 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
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Lost coolant may not be obvious just by looking in the radiator if there is an
air bubble in the block. I assume this car doesn't have a coolant recovery
tank (my 123 didn't). I found it best to test for coolant system leaks using a
pressure tester on a cold engine. Wet spots from small
Pressurized hoses on a cold engine is not a good sign. This is typical of a
head problem.
If it is more convenient, you can borrow a cooling system pressure tester
from most FLAPS for free. Actually, they charge it to your credit card when
you get it and refund to your card when you return it.
What’s the coolant level?
On Mar 1, 2015, at 2:13 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
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Pressurized hoses on a cold engine is not a good sign. This is typical of a
head problem.
If it is more convenient, you can borrow a cooling system pressure tester
from most
So I've driven the car now for 250 miles with blocked open tstat and no
overheating. I'm noticing that the cooling system is pressurized in the
mornings. This morning I noticed that the upper and lower radiator hoses were
moderately swollen, and there was a puff of air when I removed radiator
I thought that a pressurized system in the AM is the result of a cracked
head or leaking head gasket.
On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 12:53 PM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes
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So I've driven the car now for 250 miles with blocked open tstat and no
overheating. I'm noticing
Yes - good question, are you losing coolant? You've got at least one leak you
know of, really need to fix that.
Pressurized coolant system in the a.m. may or may not be a problem. Definitive
test is to sample the coolant for presence of exhaust gas.
Is 250 miles without an over-heat a
Were the car mine, I would be very interested in why the system is still
pressurized after setting overnight..
Dead cold cooling systems should not have pressure, so , to me, it speaks
of combustion air incursion into the cooling system and likely, serious
over pressure somehow.. although, the
On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:16:13 -0600 Peter Frederick via Mercedes
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Now that you have a forced open thermostat, it's time to do a citric
acid flush.
You will need a kilogram of food grade citric acid (should be able to
find that fairly easily without spending
Yes. No way I'm doing that in these ridiculous temps. A nice summer project!
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On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:16:13 -0600 Peter Frederick via Mercedes
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Now that you have a
Even if the thermostat is bad, I would do a pressure flush of the block
from the bottom radiator hose up to blow out anything that might be in the
block passages, just to be sure.
This car has had a rather long history of overheat issues, spanning two
owners.. with a number of fixes which
Still not sure I understand why engine braking especially down hill would
lower temps dramatically.
Perhaps it causes an air bubble to dislodge?
Anyway, I just forced the tstat open with a piece of brass tubing. Let's see
what that does.
If I get no answers, I will take car to radiator shop.
gassers control combustion by a flapper in the air intake,
controlling airflow into the cyl. Diesels run at full air flow all
the time, combustion is controlled with fuel. In effect coasting
downhill, the fuel is shut off, no heat occurrs and the cylinders are
washed with lotsa cool air.
So if the car had a head issue, would the temp drop from almost red zone to
normal like that by engine breaking down a hill?
BTW, I've been driving with forced open tstat now and the temp gauge reads
stone cold, even after a 15 minutes 65 mph highway drive. It will not budge.
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On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 1:12 PM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes
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So if the car had a head issue, would the temp drop from almost red zone
to normal like that by engine breaking down a hill?
BTW, I've been driving with forced open tstat now and the temp gauge reads
On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 13:12:51 -0500 dseretakis--- via Mercedes
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So if the car had a head issue, would the temp drop from almost red
zone to normal like that by engine breaking down a hill?
When you let off the throttle, the amount of fuel injected goes to almost
zero
On the one hand I hope this fixes the issue because I'd like to see it fixed.
On the other hand I really hope this isn't it...
Curt
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On 26/02/2015 2:56 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
On the one hand I hope this fixes the issue because I'd like to see it fixed.
On the other hand I really hope this isn't it...
Curt
So, if this did fix it, then the verdict would be a bad thermostat??
RB
3 bad thermostats at least?
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On 26/02/2015 2:56 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
On the one hand I hope this fixes the issue because I'd like to see it
fixed. On the other hand I really hope this isn't it...
Guys, It is not that weird.
That would be really weird! I need to test car for a few more days
to confirm.
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On Feb 26, 2015, at 4:48 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes
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3 bad thermostats at least?
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I just remembered a similar problem a friend had that no mechanic in the small
town where we lived could explain. It turned out that a piece of the rubber
that lined one of the radiator hoses was periodically blocking the water flow.
Since there were bends in the radiator hose, no one could
Now that you have a forced open thermostat, it's time to do a citric
acid flush.
You will need a kilogram of food grade citric acid (should be able to
find that fairly easily without spending the money for analytical
grade). Dissolve in a gallon of water. Empty cooling system,
This all makes no sense since they swapped out the radiator. The car is
cursed.
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 5:47 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes
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I just remembered a similar problem a friend had that no mechanic in the
small town where we lived could explain. It turned
That would be really weird! I need to test car for a few more days to confirm.
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3 bad thermostats at least?
On Feb 26, 2015 4:42 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
You really need to get an IR thermometer and get a map of temperatures on the
engine, hoses and radiator. That will yield a significant amount of information
as far as what's going on both in the engine and radiator.
Dan
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On Feb 25, 2015, at 11:06 AM, Randy Bennell via
I thought it was .357? I don't know anything about shell casings or
guns.
Good question about how to keep it from dislodging!
I think I used 9mm, not sure. Just grabbed something
from the brass bucket that looked like it would fit.
I used pliers to crimp the slit shut once it was over
the
On 25/02/2015 1:20 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote:
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No overheating. Heat working fine.
Popped hood when arrived home, felt lower radiator hose and it was stone cold.
Sounds like problem solved to me.
The lower radiator hose is cold and the heater is warm,
True. Should help.
RB who does not have one of those cars and wouldn't be able to get it
started right now if he did
On 25/02/2015 11:06 AM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
It would be nice if someone else with a properly working 240D would map
theirs for comparison.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at
It's not so much the exact temperatures, but the differences in temperature
between the locations. In other words, I would expect to see the top radiator
hose be hot and the lower to be cool, for example.
This gives you a really good view into whether or not the system is working as
intended.
You really need to get an IR thermometer and get a map of
temperatures on the engine, hoses and radiator. That will yield a
significant amount of information as far as what's going on both in
the engine and radiator.
Dan
Unlike the Hi Lift jack, the HF IR thermometers are adequate for
It would be nice if someone else with a properly working 240D would map
theirs for comparison.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
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You really need to get an IR thermometer and get a map of temperatures on
the engine, hoses and radiator. That
Dan wrote:
It's not so much the exact temperatures, but the differences in temperature
between the locations. In other words,
Delta.
Rick
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No, not the exact temps, but the patterns - the head is x degrees hotter
than the top of the radiator, which is y degrees hotter than the lower rad
hose, all relative to the T-stat housing, under these conditions (ambient
temp, miles driven at z average speed, etc.).
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 12:06
OK, I'll bite. Just how cold is it, Randy? Preferably in degrees F.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 4:31 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes
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Dan wrote:
It's not so much the exact temperatures, but the differences in
temperature between the locations. In other words,
Dan wrote:
It's not so much the exact temperatures, but
the differences in temperature between
the locations. In other words,
Delta.
Rick
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On 25/02/2015 3:45 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
OK, I'll bite. Just how cold is it, Randy? Preferably in degrees F.
right now - 4:15 on Wednesday, it is -16C or about 3F.
Nice bright sunny day. A bit of wind though.
Spring is coming.
RB
dseretakis--- wrote:
Interestingly, I noticed that heavy engine braking down hill
would bring the temps from almost in the red to normal, but once
I started accelerating the temp would rise again. Wonder why it
did that?
At idle, most diesel engines produce very little heat. With the
Yup, it's NOT fixed. I drove the piss out of it today and it was fine. The
lower rad hose started warming up indicating coolant circulation. No
overheating. Then went to a friend's house and on way back it started again,
temp rising, no heat, the usual. It was a 7 mile trip back home that
Yup, it's NOT fixed. I drove the piss out of it today and it was
fine. The lower rad hose started warming up indicating coolant
circulation. No overheating. Then went to a friend's house and on
way back it started again, temp rising, no heat, the usual. It was a
7 mile trip back home that
I have one in ME but not with me here in MA.
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You really need to get an IR thermometer and get a map of temperatures on the
engine, hoses and radiator. That will yield a significant
Just picked up car from the mechanic. I drive it back about 25 minutes local
inner city driving and some small highway. No overheating. Heat working fine.
Popped hood when arrived home, felt lower radiator hose and it was stone cold.
Clearly there is no flow.
Time for Cathey tstat trick.
Sent
It was no more than 15 degrees out when I was driving so maybe you are right
that coolant is losing heat in radiator prior to returning to engine.
Interesting hypothesis!
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On Feb 24, 2015, at 6:32 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes
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What is
dsereta...@yahoo.com; wrote
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No overheating. Heat working fine.
Popped hood when arrived home, felt lower radiator hose and it was stone
cold.
Sounds like problem solved to me.
The lower radiator hose is cold and the heater is warm, because the engine
cooling system is working as
dseretakis--- wrote:
As far as Jim Cathey's mod, I don't have a shell casing so will
be using 3/8 copper pipe. What length is good?
The one I made is 18 mm long. I used a piece of copper tube. The
length isn't super critical - as long as it is long enough. The
Behr I modified has 6 mm
I thought it was .357? I don't know anything about shell casings or guns.
Good question about how to keep it from dislodging!
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what sort of shell casing was Jim suggesting?
If one knew that, then one
On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 18:38:07 -0500 dseretakis--- via Mercedes
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It was no more than 15 degrees out when I was driving so maybe you are
right that coolant is losing heat in radiator prior to returning to
engine. Interesting hypothesis!
You can block the radiator with
Radiator runs ICE COLD!
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 4:53 PM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes
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Just picked up car from the mechanic. I drive it back about 25 minutes
local inner city driving and some small highway. No overheating. Heat
working fine. Popped hood when arrived
On 24/02/2015 3:53 PM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes wrote:
Just picked up car from the mechanic. I drive it back about 25 minutes local
inner city driving and some small highway. No overheating. Heat working fine.
Popped hood when arrived home, felt lower radiator hose and it was stone cold.
What is the outside temp? Around here I'd be shocked if the lower
radiator hose was warm at all even driving around in town, it's 17 at
the moment, and the coolant will lose all the heat in the radiator
long before it goes back into the engine. T-Stat is probably just
cracked open,
Hans Neureiter wrote:
This a strong hint towards a cracked head or gasket.
In the past we had the heads magnafluxed. Is that still the way to check for
head cracks?
Gerry
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Now you're just getting silly.
It originally smelled hot because it WAS hot. The temp gauge was
pegged, the heater wasn't leaking, the radiator hose fell off
remember?
You are right that coolant is leaking, it comes right out the
radiator fill, you can watch it happen. A radiator cap strong
Hans Neureiter wrote:
This a strong hint towards a cracked head or gasket.
In the past we had the heads magnafluxed. Is that still the way to
check for head cracks?
Gerry
FOr cast iron heads, yes. In the case of OM621, OM615 to OM617
heads, the cracks generally are visible to the naked
This a strong hint towards a cracked head or gasket.
or air in the system that is not getting burped out.
or leakage
Any good radiator shop can check for exhaust gas in the coolant.
lets diagnose the problem.
The headgasket was condemned before without diagnosis. Changing the
headgasket
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This a strong hint towards a cracked head or gasket.
or air in the system that is not getting burped out.
or leakage
Any good radiator shop can check for exhaust gas in the coolant.
lets diagnose the problem.
The headgasket
I will continue the troubleshooting when I get it back from Indy. I promise.
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On Feb 23, 2015, at 9:05 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Now you're just getting silly. It originally smelled hot because it WAS hot.
The temp gauge was pegged, the
Bubbles have never appeared in coolant.
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On Feb 23, 2015, at 12:42 PM, G Mann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Run the engine with the radiator cap off, while you watch the coolant
through the filler neck.
If you see bubbles in the coolant while it is
On 21/02/2015 7:53 AM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes wrote:
I will do the tstat trick when I get the car back from the mechanic if it's not
fixed.
Keep in mind that our winter has been absolutely brutal and the last thing I
want to do is work on cars in this weather!
How about the oil and
On 22/02/2015 3:45 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
I say the temperature gauge is faulty.
Pay attention Andrew.
It overheats and spews coolant out of the overflow hose.
If it was just an issue of a bad sensor or gauge, it would tell you it
was hot but it would not spew coolant.
Run the engine with the radiator cap off, while you watch the coolant
through the filler neck.
If you see bubbles in the coolant while it is running, you have a cracked
head, block cavitation, or leaking head gasket causing combustion air
intrusion into coolant system. IF, as engine temp
No, just slapdash.
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Andrew has ADD?
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On 22/02/2015 3:45 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via
This a strong hint towards a cracked head or gasket.
On Feb 22, 2015 4:06 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
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I keep on forgetting the boiling over stuff.
On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes
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Faulty
.
Up to date?
-Curt
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Has anyone tried turning the heater and fan on full blast when
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Has anyone tried turning the heater and fan on full blast when it is
overheating? that is an old time trick for desert and high altitude
driving. The heater pulls heat out
:;
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Has anyone tried turning the heater and fan on full blast when it is
overheating? that is an old time trick for desert and high altitude
driving. The heater pulls heat out of the coolant too. Often
A faulty temp gauge does not cause coolant to spew out - - -
I recommend finding another engine and swapping them.
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I say the temperature gauge is faulty.
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Faulty temperature gauge won't make it pressurize and spill coolant!
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Ah, thanks for the update.
So, the next obvious thing should be to pull the head and have it pressured
tested, no? The initial cause was a loss of coolant, so checking all those
other things doesn't make much sense really.
Jaime
There are many much less difficult tests that will point
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Has anyone tried turning the heater and fan on full blast when it is
overheating? that is an old time trick for desert
in exactly the same way but only
sometimes.
Up to date?
-Curt
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the same way but only
sometimes.
Up to date?
-Curt
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Has anyone tried turning the heater
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Has anyone tried turning the heater and fan on full blast when it is
overheating? that is an old time trick for desert and high altitude
driving. The heater pulls heat out of the coolant too. Often it
makes the difference between go/no go on deetriot iron
I keep on forgetting the boiling over stuff.
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Faulty temperature gauge won't make it pressurize and spill coolant!
Peter
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However, you can only see the outside. It is possible that a crack is
between ports inside. the symptoms don't sound like a cracked head though.
The best theory that I've heard so far is the floating piece of crap that
blocks a passage sometimes, and not others. Perhaps (and this is a wild
guess)
However, you can only see the outside. It is possible that a crack is
between ports inside. the symptoms don't sound like a cracked head though.
The best theory that I've heard so far is the floating piece of crap that
blocks a passage sometimes, and not others. Perhaps (and this is a wild
guess)
Yes I couldn't see any flaws either.
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On Feb 22, 2015, at 8:16 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes
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I cleaned carefully examined the head block when we changed the head
gasket. I saw nothing indicating a crack.
On Feb 22, 2015 6:37 PM, Curly
I cleaned carefully examined the head block when we changed the head
gasket. I saw nothing indicating a crack.
On Feb 22, 2015 6:37 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Ah, thanks for the update.
So, the next obvious thing should be to pull the head and have it
Curly wrote:
The thermostat I put in was marked Made in France
...
Third world country. Not exactly known for making fine machinery.
Airbus?
mao
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The thermostat I put in was marked Made in France
...
Third world country. Not exactly known for making fine machinery.
Airbus?
Now that's redundant.
http://www.airsafe.com/events/models/rate_mod.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEH7OpnA-I4sns=em
Concord?
On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes
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Curly wrote:
The thermostat I put in was marked Made in France
...
Third world country. Not exactly known for making fine machinery.
Airbus?
mao
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At the risk of being redumdant ... The thermostat needs to be installed in a
particular orientation (arrow up). There is an air vent passage in the
thermostat casting to vent trapped air the thermostat; if plugged this would
prevent proper bleeding of air when re-filling the system.
OK Don sez: Concord?
The prince of darkness was involved with that too.
Renault
Labor strikes, low productivity
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If the flap on the bottom of the thermostat isn't correct, it won't
work properly and will cause overheating if it doesn't close off the
short circuit around the block it is supposed to seal off. This is
designed to heat the engine up more quickly, and in spite of the very
simple design,
Were there croissant crumbs and a Gauloises butt in the box?
le grin
Dan
On Feb 21, 2015, at 9:53 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes
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The thermostat I put in was marked Made in France
-Curt
Third world country. Not exactly known for making fine machinery.
If your indy has modified the T-stat, then you may need another.
On Feb 21, 2015, at 8:53 AM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes
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I will do the tstat trick when I get the car back from the mechanic if it's
not fixed.
Keep in mind that our winter has been absolutely
Yes but the current thermostat came from the classic center right?
On Feb 21, 2015 10:24 AM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
If the flap on the bottom of the thermostat isn't correct, it won't work
properly and will cause overheating if it doesn't close off the short
I will do the tstat trick when I get the car back from the mechanic if it's not
fixed.
Keep in mind that our winter has been absolutely brutal and the last thing I
want to do is work on cars in this weather!
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The thermostat I put in was marked Made in France
-Curt
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I think the key point
in France
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I think the key point is that the coolant doesn't seem to be circulating
That’s where my money is riding….
On Feb 20, 2015, at 6:25 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
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(4) there is enough air in the system
(doesn't take much) that the water pump can't overcome the head pressure.
As a casual observer of all this, I have been wondering why someone didn't do
the test thermostat option a long time ago. While it might not have clearly
defined the issue, it certainly would narrow it down and point in the direction
of the problem. You guys have been spinning your wheels on
I think the key point is that the coolant doesn't seem to be circulating.
If you don't have hot water in the top of the radiator when the engine is
hot, you don't have circulation. Without circulation, you will overheat.
So either (1) there is an obstruction, (2) the water pump isn't working,
Ok Ok, I will do it!!:)
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I think the key point is that the coolant doesn't seem to be circulating.
If you don't have hot water in the top of the radiator when the engine is
hot, you don't
I really think that would be the next troubleshooting step. Jam the t-stat
full open to force full flow to radiator, if it still over heats, either
obstruction or water pump (or cracked head, leaking head gasket, bottomed out
head bolts, but there are other tests for those).
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I think the key point is that the coolant doesn't seem to be circulating.
If you don't have hot water in the top of the radiator when the engine is
hot, you don't have circulation. Without circulation, you will overheat.
So either (1) there is an obstruction, (2) the water pump isn't working,
Randy Bennell wrote:
On 19/02/2015 7:12 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes wrote:
Ok heres my take.
First off, I hate stuff like this, and I love it when its finally solved.
But getting there can be a horrible experience.
Anyway, I think you mentioned that on your last trip back
On 19/02/2015 7:12 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes wrote:
Ok heres my take.
First off, I hate stuff like this, and I love it when its finally solved.
But getting there can be a horrible experience.
Anyway, I think you mentioned that on your last trip back south the car was
great until you
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I am curious about the lack of flow in the rad.
If the thermostat works (and I believe it has been changed at least
once
Curt didn't have much love for it at the end and I'm starting to lose my love
for it. I think Dwight will, however, always love it:)
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On Feb 19, 2015, at 2:06 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
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If this fix does indeed solve the problem it
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Curt didn't have much love for it at the end and I'm starting to lose my love
for it. I think Dwight will, however, always love
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