Well, if I recall, your car did need work and you tried to fix it but ran into a problem. Don't feel bad - most of us have been there and done that. Just figure out what is was that went wrong so that you don't repeat the scenario next time. Put the cost down as "educational expense".
Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Redghost Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 12:30 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Can backing up a hill cause oil drinkage Now quit that! Gump will be coming out of the shop this week. I swear I thought I could do the fix, though it was not a real "needed" repair. How was I to know I would booger it all up? clay On 21 Aug 2007, at 14:06, R A Bennell wrote: > Ah So! Remember first rule of car repair! Do not fix things that > are not broken! > > Randy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Zoltan Finks > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 2:53 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Can backing up a hill cause oil drinkage > > > Very good insight. Of course maybe I just like your input because it > makes me feel happier than the news that I might need valve seals or > worse in an engine that supposedly ony has about 115k mi. on it. :) > > Brian > > On 8/21/07, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I admit that I have not read all of the posts on this thread, so >> bear with me if someone else has already > suggested >> this. >> Since you talk about backing out of the garage and up the hill, is >> it not possible that it is just because you > are >> putting the vehicle under load when it is not yet warmed up? More >> smoke and a bit of oil might just be an issue >> while it is cold. >> >> I had a situation with my old 68 Chevy pickup a few years back. I >> was trying to back a travel trailer up an > incline >> in a spot with little room to manouver and as such could get no >> run at it at all. By the time I got the trailer > up >> the hill the truck was blowing blue smoke real bad. I assumed that >> I had damaged the motor by forcing it to move >> the trailer up the hill at low speed. However, that was in 1991. I >> still have the truck and it is not using oil. > It >> did not seem to suffer any long term issue. It just did it the one >> time when I put a real load on it. >> >> Randy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Zoltan Finks >> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 1:46 PM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Can backing up a hill cause oil drinkage >> >> >> It's not using much oil at all. I have a leak at the oil filter lines >> that attach to the block. And with this, the level goes down maybe a >> pint every, well, so often. I don't put many miles on the thing - I >> try not to drive very much. Am fortunate enough to be able to bicycle >> much more than I drive. >> >> Another note: I recently added oil. The level was just above the add >> mark, and this with the engine completely cold and not run for a day >> or so. So I assumed that if it were to be run and cooled and the >> level >> checked, the level would be a bit lower. So I intended to add a pint, >> which I thought would bring the level up to half way between the add >> and full marks - where it should be, right? But I accidentally added >> 2/3 of a quart. So perhaps its being a bit fuller than it likes >> contributes to the described smoking condition? >> >> Brian >> 83 240D >> >> On 8/21/07, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> The joker in me says "your car is always burning oil" thats what >>> OM616 means. >>> >>> Is the car actually burning oil, like is the oil level going >>> down? I for one wouldn't worry about it until > you're >> going through oil like the Exxon Valdez... >>> >>> -Curt >>> >>> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:21:39 -0700 >>> From: "Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: [MBZ] Can backing up a hill cause oil drinkage >>> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com >>> Message-ID: >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >>> >>> Had a thought this evening as I backed out my driveway in the 240D. >>> It's a fairly steep but short driveway. >>> >>> I notice that there is an unpleasant amount of smoke when I do >>> this. I >>> thought maybe it's just that I notice it since I'm backing into the >>> exhaust. But tonight I smelled burning oil. >>> >>> Was wondering if somehow the angle of the car coupled with the >>> inertia >>> of moving backward could cause the engine to burn some oil? >>> >>> I don't know how this would specifically work, it's just a bit of >>> general detective work. >>> >>> Brian 83 240D >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------- >>> Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on >>> Yahoo! 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