Good idea - Wilton you need to look for the white residue left behind from the coolant.
A couple years ago I was at local FLAPS one evening, fellow in a late 90's S class limped in with an overheating engine. After the store clerk gave up on helping him, I found the broken hose in about 30 seconds by following the traces of white. -Max -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of John Reames Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 9:27 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 91 350SDL trirsty I had a bad head gasket on an 84 SD which only leaked out of the side of the engine; the only traces were a couple of faint vertical whitish yellow "stripes" on the block just above the oil pan (not the sump pan). I think the stripes were deposits left behind when all the water evaporated from the coolant. -- John W Reames jwrea...@comcast.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Sep 5, 2010, at 16:21, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > My '81 300TD with a bad headgasket didn't make any white smoke at startup. If you sat with it idling in the cold you'd lose yourself in the white smokescreen though... That car would even hydro-lock if you left the radiator cap on when you parked it... > > -Curt > > Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 10:15:58 -0400 > From: "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 91 350SDL trirsty > Message-ID: <d0f32d907b344f06a9d59e5248f58...@wiltonpc> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=response > > No white smoke on startup and during warmup. > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Frederick" <psf...@earthlink.net> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 9:00 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 91 350SDL trirsty > > >> Watch for white smoke on startup -- when cold, the water in the >> coolant will make copious white smoke until the engine warms up. >> >> Check for cold pressure in the coolant tank, also traces of oil >> >> And check for coolant in the AC drains -- it's not impossible for the >> heater core or header to leak. >> >> Check weep hole on the bottom of the water pump (a huge pain on that >> car) since it may only leak while running down the road. >> >> >> Peter > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________ 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
