It’s bad. I’ll give you $500 for it since I’m a nice guy and I don’t want to see you with such a POS.
-D > On Jun 18, 2019, at 6:19 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I really do not think it has a blown head gasket. I pulled the cap on the > expansion tank and they had it filled completely to the top, no room for > expansion. With it pulled I started it up and got it up to temp. The level > rose that 1/2" from where it was to the very top of the opening. I saw no > bubbles, no steam like you would see with a leaking gasket. When you rev it > up, no bubbles and it does not blow coolant out. When you let off the pedal > and it returns to idle, the level of coolant would surge up slightly with > some flowing out the opening because it is overfull. This seems normal to me > as the flow of coolant slows down and surges up for a second. With the cap > off the hose never got hard, which one would expect. Next step will be to > drain some of the coolant out to where the tank is at the half way mark where > it should be and see what it does. > > On 6/18/2019 3:39 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >> It didn’t seem to get hot. It did get up to temp fairly quickly. It ran >> warmer than my other one does, but I think it’s got a stuck open thermostat >> and always runs colder than it should. After it cools off later on I will >> open the cap and see what it does. On my 94 6.5 diesel I know for sure it’s >> for a blown or cracked head. Within a couple of minutes of starting it hose >> is rock hard and it will start blowing coolant out of the cap. Pic below. >> I’m assuming it still has the factory 190 degree thermostat _______________________________________ 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
