If it comes with the hollow bolt with the extra O-ring (that seals at the housing), I'd be interested. Otherwise, I'll just look for a better/new washer next time I need to mess with it.
What I find odd is the bolt in my '79 617 (with the additional O-ring) always sealed perfectly without excessive torque but the "newer" design in my '82 required mucho torque (and several attempts) to stop leaking. Regardless, thanks for the offer. Scott > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Curly McLain via Mercedes > Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 7:38 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 617 Fuel Filter Bolt > > Maybe try a new washer, or I can snag you a new filter and housing with the > bolt in the morning. (for a few bucks) Or I can send you the filter and > housing for an OM603. It takes a different filter, so the first option is better if > you have any spare filters on hand. > > The banjo bolts do stretch. This is a big problem on the auto trans cooler > lines. > > >This is about the hollow bolt that holds the Diesel secondary fuel > >filter to the bracket. On my old '79 300TD (non turbo), this bolt had > >an O-ring that always sealed perfectly at the bracket. On my current > >'82 300SD, there is no O-ring and an aluminum washer (under the bolt > >head) is the seal. I've reused this washer and it takes a LOT of torque to > make it stop leaking. > >What do we know about this bolt? Was it a (poor) design change to > >eliminate the O-ring? Do I have the wrong bolt in the SD? What do folks > think? > > > > _______________________________________ > 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
