Yeah, I thought it was strange, too. I figured this out when I went looking for the flat tube for the 300D. My parts guy traced it down and also reminded me of when I bought one for the 300SD back in 1997 (is this guy good, or what???)
Looks like Meyle is the only one making them now in the aftermarket, at least that was the only one I could find. I just like the aesthetics of the thing. The hard plastic tubes with the foamy coves that break down and the rubber elbows and clamps just look lousy. -D > On Jan 29, 2017, at 11:47 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > It's strange they would update it for 126 but not 123 since it's the same > engine with the same problems. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 29, 2017, at 10:44 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> The flat one was designed to limit the amount of oil mist/vapor that could >> get to the air cleaner, too. There are little baffles inside of it for this. >> >> From what I can determine it was never spec’ed out for the OM617 on the >> W123, but it was on the OM617 on the W126 chassis’ cars. I got one for my >> 82 300SD some years back when I tried ordering a replacement tube and the >> tube part number superceded to the flat one piece version. >> >> Interestingly, the flat one is now NLA from Mercedes but they still sell the >> original style tubes and elbows. >> >> -D >> _______________________________________ 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
