No. In fact this morning it was under a slight vacuum as in the upper hose was somewhat squeezed in. Not completely flat. When I pulled the cap it expanded. Within about 20-30 minutes of shitting the car off just now hose is pliable again.
It could have a fan clutch problem as well. Even at high temp clutch did not seem engaged and was easy to stop with my hand and a rag. That could be part of the issue. Maybe something is plugged up with the radiator I put in. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 7, 2020, at 12:10 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Sounds like you're slowly working out the trapped air. > > Does the upper hose stay hard overnight? > > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > > Jun 7, 2020 12:49:30 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > >> It sure doesn’t look good. This morning I checked reservoir and it was at >> the mark, pulled upper hose and had water there. Started it up and let it >> idle with some revs up and down without the cap on. Reached 80 after a while >> and never had any bubbles in the tank. Looked good. Put cap back on, revved >> it up and down some more and seemed fine. Temp holding fine. Took it out for >> a drive. On the road it seemed to be doing fine. When I got out to the >> highway a mile down the road I did a couple of full throttle accelerations. >> Suddenly temp started shooting is getting close to the red. I turned AC off >> an turned heat on high and temp dropped back down. After it did I turned ac >> back on and drove normal. Didn’t take long before temp started creeping back >> up. Crap. Got it home and popped the hood. Upper hose is rock hard. Damn it. >> This is unbelievable. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Jun 6, 2020, at 3:33 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 >> > > _______________________________________ > 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
