You still got that car? I sure miss it.....a lot Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 15, 2015, at 8:40 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > SDL I got had been in some shop in arkieland. german name etc, presumably > knew something about german cars. The IP had apparently been replaced by one > that had been sprayed with a gold lacquer for identity. It leaked like a > seive at the flange. When I finally took it out and put in a new oring, I > found the pump was way out of time. The pump was already leaking at the > delivery valve orings shortly after I got the car, so the rebuilt pump is > somewhat suspect too. There is a post somewhere in these here archives about > the pump oring, leaking and way out of time. > > So yes, a bad oring and a loose nut or 3 on the IP flange can result in big > oil puddles. > > >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 7:55 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Dude! Way better to be sure _before_ you get out the wrenches! >> >> >> No truer words were ever spoken. >> >> After lunch it was time, so I started gathering up the tools, parts, etc. >> I couldn't find the crankshaft lock! >> >> I spent about three hours in the garage, looking in all the places that I >> might have put it, and finally gave up looking. The garage is much cleaner >> now, and I found a few other things I was looking for, but the lock is MIA. >> >> I decided that with the limited amount of time I had left, I could at least >> clean off the front of the engine and positively identify the leak. After >> I removed the cooling fan and shroud, I used brake cleaner to clean around >> the crankshaft and the vacuum pump and the front of the engine in general. >> Ran the car for about ten minutes, observed and felt around the front, and >> could find no leaks. Hmmm. Started the car again, and cleaned off more of >> the oily mess on the left side of the engine (injection pump side) and >> immediately found a steady drip drip drip. Shut off the engine and started >> looking and feeling for what could be the source under the injection pump, >> and touched one of the three injection pump flange nuts and found it finger >> tight! Ah hah! >> >> I just had time to torque the three bolts to spec (20-25 Nm) and run the >> engine a bit. That is not really a fair test, so tomorrow I'm going to >> take the car to the car wash and clean off the engine properly, and see if >> the leak was just the injection pump all along. Hard to imagine that all >> the oil was migrating forward from the injection pump flange, I'm still >> suspicious of the crankshaft seal. >> >> ------------- >> Max >> Charleston SC >> _______________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
