I've heard it said that evaps don't get changed much in Colorado.
In the Southeast they go out at an alarmingly high rate. But we have
very humid weather and the A/C is used a lot. My mech buddy does evaps
all summer long on 124's and 140's, and seeing more cases on newer
E-class cars ('96+).
Not sure about the Northeast.
Brian
On 7/15/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Marshall,
>
> Have you kept any data on the reliability (or failure rate) for evaporators
> in '87 300TDs?
>
> I'm considering the purchase of a poor example of such a fine car, and it's
> been abused to the point that the egine has been replaced at least once
> (247,000 miles on the odometer). One of the many problems the car has, and
> most worrisome to me, is that the AC doesn't work.
>
> Any idea if evaporator failures were higher or lower based on region (i.e.
> North vs. South)? I'm thinking that this car's AC died while it was in the
> North, not really hot enough to need it, so it's been INOP for years. I'm
> thinking that means a lower probability that the EVAP is bad? Does that make
> any sense, or am I trying to rationalize this purchase?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Max
>
>
> Very respectfully,
> /s/
> LCDR Meade M. Dillon, USNR
> Digest Lurker since 2001
> '85 300TD 321k miles (Euro 5spd)
> '96 Infiniti I30 149k miles (wife's 5spd)
> '73 Balboa 20 'Sanctification'
> Charleston SC
>
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