That is why I have two pre filters. One lives with the current filter and get swapped out for the cleaned one on a change. clean and swap, clean and swap. If you get luck at the PnP, you get another.

On Nov 5, 2006, at 9:05 AM, Tom Hargrave wrote:

Jim,

Since you mentioned the oil filter - there is one other item you need to
watch for.

There should be a plastic assembly inside the filter housing along with the main replaceable filter. The assembly is the actual primary filter & the replaceable filter is a bypass filter. You are supposed to clean the main
filter with kerosene & re-install it along with the replacement filter.
Later Mercedes diesels replaced this filter with the taller drop in filter with 2 elements, the top paper pleated section for engine oil & the lower
mat section for bypass filtering.

Problem is the main filter has been discarded in some older Mercedes by
owners & oil changers because they don't understand what it is. And without this filter in place to take up the space in the filter housing, the bypass filter floats around in the housing and your engine oil gets no filtering at
all!

Also, stay away from Fram filters for newer Mercedes diesels. Their filters have pleated paper elements in both sections, making the bypass filter 100%
worthless & causing your idle oil pressure to run lower.

Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924


-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Jim Cathey
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 10:44 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 115 chassis 220D

What are the bad actors on the car please.

Bad stuff?  Cancerous rust, it's prone to rusting due to many
crevices and (I believe) no galvanizing.  Changing the oil
is messy, it (probably) predates the topsider sucker tube, and
the oil filter is the all-over-your-arm from the bottom type.
And, of course, the blower motor.  It's very DIY, just plan on
it taking a lot of time.  You have to remove the dashboard,
and that takes some doing.  Best not to be needing the car for
a week or so while you do it, though I hear it can be done in
a long weekend.

If you ask me, the 115 is an excellent car, and is probably
one of the reasons that MB gained such a good reputation.

-- Jim


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