Tony, Considering that the repair lasted seven years and the apparent understanding that this is a lousy design that will never work right no matter what, I wouldn't lose too much sleep over it.
It's been a while since I've done any engine work on an M103, but I'm almost sure I've done this before. With Peter's excellent description and all of the online references I've found on the job it doesn't look bad at all. And yes, I suspect the tube of sealant you gave me is probably well past it's shelf life. With a jobber account at my local dealer, this is probably less than $30 worth of parts, even with the sealant. I think the seal is under $3 my cost, and the cam seal around $20, if that. I have to go pull the box of spares off the shelf to get the sealant part number, but I'm sure it won't be bad. My dealer parts guy is really, really good, so it's always possible he could pull a freshly used tube out from the shop and just hand it to me. He's done stuff like that before.... Dan On Aug 31, 2014, at 4:43 PM, Tony Wirtel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > That SUCKS. I spent a good amount time and read five or six methods of the > best ways to do this to make sure this would never happen again. That was > in 2007 and I was never really completely happy with the results. Sorry to > hear that you only got seven years of that repair. > > With that said the sealant you have is also from 2007. Given the difficulty > and complexity of the job and the problems with not doing it exactly right > you may want to spring for a new tube! > > Tony wirtel > Former 300e/2.6 owner > > > -- > Tony Wirtel mobile i3 > +1 610.551.5923 > _______________________________________ > 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.
