You have a new oil pressure gauge sitting around? On Tue, Sep 29, 2020, 10:52 AM Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Too bad. I could have sold you spare for 1 cent less than you paid. > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 1:46 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________ 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
