I got a trailer and $500, can be there soon... I'll bring Max.
--R
On 7/16/13 9:46 PM, WILTON wrote:
I don't plan to do any more to it. I'm not physically able to do much
to it myself, and I'm not gonna pay a fortune for somebody else to do so.
Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: <dsereta...@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] '91 350SDL bad news
Interesting. So do head gaskets fail suddenly rather than gradually
in the rodbender scenarios? Could the fact that you caught it early
have saved the engine from bending a rod? If I recall correctly the
problem happens at no.1 cylinder. Will you do a compression test to
confirm location at the cylinder?
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On Jul 16, 2013, at 9:03 PM, "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
No, 'doesn't look foamy or cafe au lait - probably not in there with
engine running long enough; merely looks like greatly increased
volume/quantity of black oil - suddenly decreased quantity in
cooling system; at same time, suddenly increased quantity in oil pan
- car likely not driven long enough like this to foam it up. 'Drove
it, maybe, 6 or 8 blocks, including idling few minutes at ATM, but
didn't hafta wait in line. When I got home, coolant overflow tank
was empty; no leaks evident; car sat overnight; woke up during night
and decided that I should check oil level again; next morning,
checked oil and found MUCH GREATER quantity in oil pan. Last time I
drove it few days before, oil level was normal.
Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: <dsereta...@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] '91 350SDL bad news
Does your oil have a cafe au lait appearance? If coolant is getting
in there shouldn't it have that look?
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On Jul 16, 2013, at 4:40 PM, "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
You probably missed the part where I said, "Coolant overflow tank
suddenly empty; oil level suddenly way up past midway the UPPER
red tab on the dipstick - way above usual level half way between
the two red tabs." 'Don't think I need a finer analysis than
simple deduction to know that the extra stuff in the crankcase is
the water missing from the cooling system." ;<)
Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry T" <l02tur...@comcast.net>
To: <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] '91 350SDL bad news
Cold be either - one "kinda of inexpensive" while the other
probably very expensive as only a replacement head will do.
<<But does water in the oil mean head gasket or cracked head? >>
If the car has not been driven much in a while it could be
condensation as a outside chance. Unlikely but when a engine is
not allowed to warm enough to force evaporate condensation it
will have a grey gunk around the oil filler at times. But if a
Oil Analysis was done and water was found over more than one
Analysis with lots of driving between testing it is likely a head
or gasket....
Since you are adding water but cannot find a leak it's possible
the water is leaking onto a hot part of the engine and steaming
off before you find it... Happened to me on a Chev years
ago. Water was leaking from a gasket onto the manifold and I
had a very hard time finding it. Of course of a Analysis test is
done it will tell if there is Glycol present...
;-)
LarryT
'91 300D
LarryT
On 7/16/2013 9:36 AM, Mitch Haley wrote:
But does water in the oil mean head gasket or cracked head?
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