You can’t blow the head gasket on an OM606 on 6/06! Kevin in Hillsboro, OR 2019 Sprinter 12 passenger 144WB 875 miles, Low Mileage Lutgard AKA Der DoodleWagen 1982 240D, High Mileage Hildegard with a low mileage engine, still no news
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 6, 2020, at 1:33 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > No, never really had any issues before. > >> On 6/6/2020 3:20 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: >> 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 >>> >>> > > _______________________________________ > 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
