My 85 300td has an oil line. Just replaced it finally last year when it started to leak into the cluster warning lights.
On Tue, Sep 29, 2020, 10:07 AM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On 2020-09-29 12:57, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: > > I am sure there is a hole somewhere that could be used. I imagine the > > pressures are not too dissimilar. > > IIRC, the relief valve on a 617.95 is around 6-7 bar, which is why the 3 > bar gauge is pegged most of the time. > So the gauge can stand a fair bit of pressure. > > Any pressure that's of interest will be below 3 bar, so the gauge should > be good to go. (3 bar = no risk of oil starvation on just about any > engine) > > And I believe there are similar electronic gauges from slightly newer > (W126?) models that could be swapped in if you don't like having a tiny > plastic hose full of black oil under pressure in your cabin. Did the > W123 have mechanical oil gauge its entire life? I know W116 did, but its > production run ended earlier than W123. > > _______________________________________ > 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
