Did you raise the front of the car before starting the filling process? It always seemed to help me ....
On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 2:34 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Nope > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jun 6, 2020, at 2:22 PM, Frederick Moir via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Water pump or belt turning it the wrong way? > > YMMV > > Fred. > > > > > >> On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 3:15 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> After I sent this I went back to the car and there was no pressure on > the > >> hose at all after sitting about 10 minutes. I slowly loosened cap and > fluid > >> started coming out again. I quickly tightened it. I then loosed then > upper > >> hose again and slowing let the pressure off. No water came out and felt > >> like there was no water at all in the upper hose. After all the pressure > >> was off removed the hose and there was no water in it. Started loosening > >> the reservoir cap and water started flowing out of the upper hose. > >> Tightened it and the flow stopped. I filled a little more water in thru > the > >> hose, probably less than a cup and it was full, put hose back on > radiator. > >> Pulled cap level was fine in the radiator. Started it back up and let it > >> run for a couple of minutes. Hose was not hard but also did not feel > like > >> there was any water in it again while running. Normally they feel > squishy > >> with water in the hose but it just felt empty. I shut it down and will > mess > >> with it some more in the morning. I wonder if suddenly the thermostat > stuck > >> closed or something, or what the deal might be. > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>>> On Jun 6, 2020, at 1:56 PM, Kaleb Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> > wrote: > >>> > >>> I swapped out the radiator the other day and today filled it with > >> coolant/distilled water. I fill from the reservoir until full then I > pull > >> the upper hose off the radiator then fill it into the hose until fill > then > >> reattached. I then started it up and ran it for probably 10-15 minutes. > >> Temp rose steady till it hit the normal operating temp on the gauge. I > then > >> took it out for a test. As soon as I pulled onto the street temp started > >> climbing. I immediately pulled back into the shop. Nearest I can figure > is > >> I thought I got it full from the top hose but must not have. I could not > >> feel any water in the hose when squeezing it. I then loosened the cap a > >> little and it had quite a bit of pressure enough to where fluid started > >> coming out. I ran it for a few minutes on high heat before doing this. > >> After releasing enough pressure I pulled the upper hose in again and it > was > >> dry. Filled in a whole gallon of distilled water in there and topped off > >> the reservoir. Started it back up and it did not start getting hot but > >> after a few minutes with the cap left off coolant started rising up and > >> flowing out of the tank. Shut it back off, pull the upper hose again > and it > >> still appears to be dry. I filled in some more water and also filled in > the > >> reservoir until it was flowing out of the top outlet of the radiator. > >> Reconnected hose and put cap back on then started it up. I ran it for > about > >> 5-10 minutes and temp was fine, but upper hose seemed stiff. I don’t > recall > >> it being stiff before while running. Temp was still good so I shut hood > to > >> take it out. Got back in the car and temp was now up to about half way > >> between the line above 80 and the next line next to red. Too warm for > me. > >> Shut it down. Upper hose is rock hard. > >>> > >>> I suspect the worse but will let it set until tomorrow and see what it > >> does. I guess I didn’t get the the engine filled the first time so it > was > >> running with no coolant circulating and didn’t show up on temp gauge. > Quite > >> disappointing and all my fault if really blown. > >>> > >>> Now I’m going to crawl under the 240d and start pulling the slave > >> cylinder and master. > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Fred Moir > > Lynn MA > > Diesel preferred > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." 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