It is the crossover that is the part that cracks. The crack is normally behind the alternator in the valley of the V. I think the stress of the alternator mount is what eventually causes this breakage. So this part of the manifold has no direct connection to the cylinders or oil, only the coolant.
Greg Fiorentino '85 300SD '80 240D 4 spd. manual '79 300DT (with new crate engine) '95 and '97 Crown Vics '97 F-250HD Crew Cab 7.3 Powerstroke -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of OK Don Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 12:40 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Repair advice needed With that much leakage, you should be able to see where it's going --- since it's not going into the oil. On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Donald Snook <dsn...@mtsqh.com> wrote: > It was definitely low on coolant. I took the thermostat out again and > filled the coolant that. It took more than two gallons! Once I got it > filled back up, the temp went way down, but on the test run it kept > leaking and got hot agdin. I am REALLY hoping it's not the intake > manifold. I did check the oil and if it is the intake it is leaking > externally because if it is was dumping the coolant into the engine > that fast, I should have seen lots of coolant in the oil. > > Donald H Snook > McDonald Tinker Law Firm > (316) 263-5851 > www.mtsqh.com > > > On Aug 14, 2009, at 7:41 PM, "Mitch Haley" <m...@voyager.net> wrote: > > > Donald Snook wrote: > >> My grand marquis is overheating. > > > > My first thought when turning the heat on doesn't work is "uh-oh, > > I'm out of > > coolant" > > > > That would also explain the radiator being cold on the outlet side, > > too little > > coolant flow. Let's take lack of coolant flow as a given. I can come > > up with > > three explanations. > > I'm thinking it's either your WP, coolant level, or t-stat. But if > > your t-stat > > were stuck shut with good water pump and coolant level, the heat > > should be able > > to melt your dashboard. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- OK Don Pair of W124 300D 2.5 Turbos -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090815/6a 1eead7/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
