Re: [MBZ] Cursed Oil Pressure

Replace the fittings on the oil feed lines to the camshafts. They do go bad, and if the rear one on the drive's side blows out you can have seriously low oil pressure at idle. The low oil pressure can also be caused by a scored seat on the relief valve in the oil filter housing that limits

[MBZ] Cursed Oil Pressure

I have been driving diesel for too long. To me, the gauge needs to remain at three bar, or drop to no less than two to indicate that the oil is getting to where it needs to be. Even the '74 Vega I had with an added gauge showed pegged pressure in the 35psi range unless the tube broke (an

Re: [MBZ] Cursed Oil Pressure

You do realize that oil pressure is determined primarily by the main bearing clearances, don't you? Slapping a new oil pump in the car is likely to be a waste of money and time. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Oct 22, 2015, at 8:41 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > > I have

Re: [MBZ] Cursed Oil Pressure

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Re: [MBZ] Cursed Oil Pressure

I were aware that it may not resolve the issue. Also that it was exceedingly expensive job. finding out that the thing was actually performing as designed was worth five years of psychotherapy. clay On Oct 22, 2015, at 6:12 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > You do realize that oil