Maybe, I was trying to remember if those have the o ring deal like the later cars
Sent from my iPhone On Apr 28, 2011, at 8:35 PM, Rick Knoble <rickkno...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> I have never heard of bearings wearing out on one of those, >> usually the rings would wear out first and it would just loose >> compression. The usual cause of bearing problems is it leaks oil >> and they let it run out and it causes problems, but then you get >> noise. This car has no noise at all, nothing. It is a mystery >> indeed. > >>> Oil pressure was down to below .5 bar hot, and would only peg the gauge at >>> 80mph. That was before anyone did anything... with fresh Delvac 1300 15w40. >>> It got worse after the dealer oil change. >>> >>> The hope was that the pressure limit valve was the culprit, but the bearing >>> shavings in the filter (after only 20 miles of driving) suggested otherwise. > > Wouldn't the oil filter o-ring being bad or missing cause low oil pressure? > > Rick > Who knows nothing about anything older than a 123 > > _______________________________________ > 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://mail.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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
