The heater core in my 123 has had a small leak for years now that I have ignored, but needs to be fixed eventually. Not sure why, but they do seem to go bad. Maybe using water instead of coolant corroded it - I did that once when I overheated it.
No worries I have a real mechanic lined up to switch things out. I don't have that kind of time right now. Evap replacement is like a ten hour job in the shop manual, so it would take me at least a month of weekends... Thanks, Karl On Oct 23, 2015 2:15 PM, "Meade Dillon via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 2. I don't think so, I would imagine that if proper coolant was always > used and changed on schedule, that would never be a problem. Maybe you can > take it out and have a good radiator shop test it and give you an opinion? > Get a used heater core from junkyard and have that tested before-hand, and > then swap it in on The Big Day? > > 3. Center vent actuators (and presumably all the rest of the vacuum > controlled actuators) do indeed go bad. I've got that condition right > now. I think I found a Youtube tutorial / how-to that showed all the > steps, was quite illuminating. Be warned!!! It is quite easy to break > things, expensive things, if you don't know what you are doing. The > written steps may not be enough to learn beforehand, so I highly recommend > searching around on Youtube before or while you are doing the work. > > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Ok thanks. A few more questions if I may: > > > > 1. Anyone have a part number for an A/C evaporator for an 87 wagon? Seems > > to be $517 list from MB. I want a copper one, but that is truly spendy. > > > > 2. Do heater cores go bad in 87 w124s? > > > > 3. Do 87 w124 cars suffer from the center vent actuator failure problem? > > > > Thinking I should replace everything while the dash is out. > > > > Thx, > > K > > > _______________________________________ > 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
