Hey Larry: Copy all. Must just have been an old age/heat failure. My 126 SD has similar miles but I replaced that radiator (maybe 15 years ago) with a Nissens (sp?) when it seemed to be running hot. My old 123 TD had 100K more miles but PO almost certainly replaced that radiator after a road debris encounter. Looks like these plastic and alum radiators are consumables. Thanks for the additional longevity data point. Cheers Scott
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Larry > Turner > Sent: Monday, June 16, 2014 8:46 PM > > Hey Scott, > As long as I have owned this car, since Feb 2006, I have used the > proper antifreeze bought from the MB dealer. No clue about before that, > but it was leased by a oil company executive in Mass. He said it was > always serviced by their local dealer. That's all I know about the car's > history -- presently has 234,500 miles on it. I always used full > synthetic oil and changed it between 6000 and 8000 miles. The engine > is in great shape AFAIF - never uses/urns/drips any oil - at least it > never did prior to the overheating event. when I test drove it last > week - before the radiator neck completely failed it ran perfectly. > The T'Stat opened and closed - also, the engine heated and cooled as the > fans came on and turned off. > > Larry T > > On 6/15/2014 5:33 PM, Scott Ritchey wrote: > > Larry: Do you know if non MB-spec antifreeze was ever run in that > radiator? > > Rumor has it that certain non-spec antifreeze types are MBZ radiator > > plastic. > > > > Scott > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Larry > >> Turner > >> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 1:57 PM > >> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] W124 Overheated > >> > >> Thanks for those comments Marshall. FYI - and I am not sure why this > >> happened, but I pried the broken nozzle piece from the hose and when it > >> hit the garage floor it broke into several pieces. It was a surprise > >> as I would have thought it would have bounced. it dropped from a > height > >> of approx 3' BTW -- When I examined it it seemed to be pretty fragile. > >> I assume it had broken down due to heat cycling. > >> > >> Larryt > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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.
