The oil is clean because you have a GAS ENGINE, not diesel. In time you will learn the difference.
Hahahaha I so hilarious. On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin <ka...@striplin.net>wrote: > OK so I had a cluster from an older 115 that had the old temp gauge, but > just hooked up the oil pressure gauge. With this one I get about the same > results but it may read about a needle width higher, so it sits about in > the middle between 15 and 0. This engine defies everything I have ever > observed with these old diesels. Every single other one I have had, when > you change the oil, as soon as you start it up, the oil is black right > away. On this engine, I have run it probably 30 minutes or more total > since changing the oil and it looks like it just came out of the bottle on > the dipstick. I have never in my 25 years of messing this these have I > seen that. Very odd. HF has a kit for testing oil pressure with all sorts > of adaptors, I may get that and see if one of them fits this car and test > it with that. It is highly possible the test cluster I put in also reads > low. I suppose I could try using the pressure gauge out of a 123 and see > what it reads, but other than that, I am just about inclined to call it > within spec and just drive it until it blows up. I will still pull the > valve cover and see what is going on there. Otherwise, this thing seems > about like a brand new motor, no blowby, oil stays clean even after running > it a bit. I am perplexed. > > > On 4/6/2014 10:00 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > >> I do not think the 617 has the plastic connectors, but will check cam >> towers if it comes down to it. >> >> On 4/6/2014 9:57 AM, Peter Frederick wrote: >> >>> A broken plastic insert in the oil line to the cam bearings is a well >>> known reason for low idle oil pressure on many MB engines. I've also heard >>> of a cracked cam tower causing low idle oil pressure, and they do break on >>> occasion, they are aluminum. >>> >>> A lot cheaper than an engine overhaul, and also something that could >>> develop while driving. >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://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 >>> >>> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >>> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has >>> no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://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 >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has >> no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ http://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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
