I had the lower radiator hose clamp break while in the fast lane in heavy traffic at 75mph. My first hint something was wrong was when the car smelled hot. I looked and the gauge was pegged.I got us off the highway quick but the damage was done...That was a 240D, apparently Dimitri's buddy still drives it with the thermostat forced open... Curt
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 3:57 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Only if one was dumb enough to keep on driving it until it seized up. The blown rad or hose would be obvious so very little excuse for further abuse to the engine. RB On 24/11/2017 2:23 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > The plastic radiator necks deteriorated and snapped off. POOF! > > On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> And I thought those old 617’s were almost indestructible >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Nov 24, 2017, at 2:06 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> If it overheated by being driven w/o coolant, then the engine is most >>> likely toast. My son did this to two (2) W126 300SDs >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 1:36 PM, ROGER HALE via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Floyd, >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ 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
