Why not just let her drive it for a bit? Then it won’t matter when she wrecks it.
<grin> -D On Feb 15, 2022, at 12:51 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: The wife’s R320 has been sitting for 2 years waiting on me to work up the nerve to do this job. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 15, 2022, at 10:15 AM, Robert Massmann via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > Well all I am in the process of trying to change the seals on my Ml 350 BT. > I am getting a good feel for why this is such and expensive repair job with > limited access and the number of parts that need to be removed. In the > process I have had to remove the air control assembly that delivers the > intercooled air to the intake manifold. There is a larger amount of soot > buildup the second photo came from the inlet of the intake manifold that I > could reach and haven’t touched the assembly that is shown in photo 1. I did > see some oil in the inlet to the turbo intake side as well as the transferee > tube to the intercooler. May just replace crankcase ventilation valve while I > have things apart. The exterior of this valve is quite oily. Car has about > 87K miles on it. I have three more screws to remove before I can remove the > turbo, one of which I can not see. > > Will try and give an update in a day or two. > > Bob Massmann > 2012 ML350 BT 87K <soot-buildup-1.jpg> <soot-buildup-2.jpg> > _______________________________________ > http://www.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<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
