Glad you made it back! That was quite a trip:) I'm out in the cold "painting" my door repair if you can believe it! Driving to Richmond, VA this weekend for a wedding. Will see bunch of friends from high school that I haven't seen in 20 plus years. Don't want to show up like a loser with a car full of primer!
Sent from my iPhone On Nov 27, 2012, at 10:18 PM, Jon Agne <jonag...@gwi.net> wrote: > WOW, What a trip! > > 1. Our first leg was to Ohio for a family reunion, and thence to Chicago for > outlaw Thanksgiving (flew to Seattle and back). Halfway to Ohio the new > monovalve developed a tiny tear causing no heat at cruise rpms. I also > realized the Aux pump had failed, so we had multiple issues. Rusty was able > to get a Saturday delivery of the affected parts, and everything worked > perfectly until driving in downtown Chicago on Sunday afternoon. While at a > stop light, I noticed the temperature climb from it's normal 90 to about > 115....at the green, it returned to about 100 and then continued to fluctuate > from 95-110. Pulled over to check under the hood, and noticed that the NEW > aux pump was dripping coolant at idle from the joint between the motor and > pump body, and spraying it at high rpm's. Nice! After a few sentences of > "NAVY" vocabulary, I was able to get a phillips screwdriver on the 4 screws > which hold the thing together, and the leak stopped. This was a MTC (?) > replacement, and it was only on the car for about 400 miles before it started > to leak. UNSAT. > > 2. While on the subject of MTC, I have gone through 2 monovalve kits this > year from MTC, and each have had a VERY small tear in the diaphragm which > renders heat inop at cruise rpms. During our drive to today from Buffalo to > Maine, it happened again! ARGH!!! No heat at cruise sucks. I learned that > I could go max hot while at idle, and it would stay in hot, but the second > that the valve would try to cycle, it would stay cold. I will bet that the > NEW MTC monovalve has a tiny tear like the others.....maybe it's time to drop > the $135 for an OEM??? > > 3. And of course...what would a major road trip be without a vacuum issue? > While I as in the autoparts store looking for the right coolant > (unsuccessfully), SWMBO unlocked the car from the pax side. Nothing has > worked right since then: must use the manual shutoff for the engine, no > locks, cruise control intermittent, weird climate control stuff (might be > monovalve), and definitely harder shifting. The investigation starts > tomorrow now that I am in garage and not FMAO. > > All of that being said, this is still the BEST automobile that I have ever > owned. The only car that comes close in terms of driving is the '93 > Northstar Eldorado, and it isn't that close if you consider reliability. My > old Volvo 240's are up there in the reliability department, but then you > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > have to drive a Volvo..."Sorry daughter, I hope you are still enjoying the > 245!" > > ....to be continued.... > _______________________________________ > 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
