Hi Jim
Welcome to the best MB list on the internet. We have many very smart folks
here and you will get good answers. With your VW experience, I expect you
will be one of those providing answers at this site after some MB ownership.
Including me, there are many VW lovers on this list and if I can ever buy my
VW Rabbit diesel pickup back, I'll need answers in that area.
BTW, good choice of cars for your daughter.
Harry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Arnott" <jr.arn...@gmail.com>
To: <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 8:01 PM
Subject: [MBZ] New member intro and 190e question or two
Good evening folks,
I am Jim Arnott, a long time VW owner (and list admin for a bunch of VW
lists) and possibly a new used Mercedes owner. I live in NE Oregon and
have been driving/repairing VWs most of my life. I have an opportunity
to pick up a '92 190e 2.6 for not a lot of money. I have a single mom
daughter that needs wheels and saving you all the long story, if we were
to toss a shiny Merc her way it would please her to no end (and get her
off my back!)
The 190 that I'm looking at has oil in the coolant so it obviously need a
head gasket. It's also leaking at the rear of the engine and I expect
that that may well be a head gasket issue as well. Changing out the
gasket doesn't look like too big of project, but I do have a question
about one part of the process.
The service manual 01.1101 I - 415/4 step 8 says "Use impact extractor
116 589 20 33 00 to withdraw slide rail pin (74)."
Not having impact extractor 116 589 20 33 00 to withdraw slide rail pin,
is there a work around? A substitute tool? Does the slide rail pin really
need to be extracted to R&R the head gasket?
Second question: From what I've gathered through the Googles, head gasket
failure seems to be typical on the 2.6 motor at around 100k miles. Is
this a true statement and how likely is it that a simple replacement will
cure its ills? There is no evidence that the motor has been overheated
and the oil in the coolant is a relatively recent occurrence. The motor
runs strong, has 3 bar oil pressure hot and the temp gauge sits right at
87 deg on a 20 mile drive at highway speeds. There is no cold
pressurization of the cooling system so it appears that there is no
compression leakage to the cooling system (A common VW problem.)
Thank you in advance for you wisdom.
Jim Arnott
Union, OR
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