Re: [MBZ] S500 Mystery Solved

2015-06-14 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Absolutely. Stupid simple to work on, maintain or repair. Dan > On Jun 14, 2015, at 3:34 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > Is that one of the reasons why Poos normally recommends the 1996-1999 cars > with coils on plugs? > > Mitch. > > ___ > http

Re: [MBZ] S500 Mystery Solved

2015-06-14 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Is that one of the reasons why Poos normally recommends the 1996-1999 cars with coils on plugs? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz

Re: [MBZ] S500 Mystery Solved

2015-06-14 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
ATTABOY! Wilton - Original Message - From: "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" To: "Mercedes List" Cc: "Dan Penoff" Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2015 6:01 AM Subject: [MBZ] S500 Mystery Solved So the issues finally come to an end, and I"m a little put off by my stupidity... Took the car to my

Re: [MBZ] S500 Mystery Solved

2015-06-14 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Actually, it is normal in this climate. I found on several occasions where the car was parked for 3-4 days (or more) that condensation would sometimes collect in the distributor caps, but a good hard drive would burn it out. This was especially common when my son had the car at school, as the

Re: [MBZ] S500 Mystery Solved

2015-06-14 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Not solved. Where did all this moisture come from? That's not normal. Is the crankcase ventilation plugged up such that a little bit of the blowby was coming 'round the shaft? Did you hose down the engine a little too vigorously? Ford any streams? Buy the car in Florida, 'cheap'? -- Jim _