Wonder what I'm missing. I can get into the gallery; I see pictures of Aunt
Cindy, etc., the house, ACC and the shaper. How do I find the filter?
Wilton
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From: "LWB250" <lwb...@yahoo.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fwd: Mercedes Benz technical assistance 2006
DodgeSprinter 2.7 litre diesel
Here's a link to the full size photos:
http://gallery.me.com/dpenoff#100266
Here's the deal:
A former neighbor of mine is an engineer who does forensic work for
insurance companies - investigating claims, if you would. His background
is in building systems, specifically HVAC, but in this case, a colleague
asked him if he would look into this particular claim:
A Sprinter van with the inline 5 cylinder diesel went in for an oil
change. Shortly after doing so, the engine failed catastrophically,
purportedly due to a major oil leak resulting from some deficiency from
the service provider. In other words, the engine locked up from a lack of
lubrication.
He has not gotten to see the engine, as it has already been repaired, but
the claimant says that the oil filter cover failed and as a result the oil
was forced out of the engine.
The pictures linked above show the original oil filter cover and filter,
along with a current part, which is obviously redesigned to eliminate the
"ringed" yellow part. There is no indication of a failure of the cover or
O ring sealing it.
However, the tube or ringed part of the filter cover is obviously broken
in two pieces. Upon direct inspection, some of the plastic "rings" that
made up this part are gone, that is, if you put the two pieces together it
is obvious that the failure did not occur between these two pieces, that
is, there are bits in between that are missing.
Comparing it to the current part shows a major redesign in this center
tube that failed on the original part.
That being said, from my inspection it appears that even had this center
tube failed, there would be no loss of oil, it would simply fail to be
forced through the filter medium and go back into the housing and return
to the engine.
If anyone has any experience with these engines and has any insight into
this filter assembly it would be welcome. I am going to contact my parts
buddy at the local dealership on Monday with the old and current part
numbers to see if there has been any service bulletins or other
documentation that would indicate why the redesign took place.
I don't have the part numbers handy but will post them shortly.
Thanks,
Dan
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