Re: [MBZ] 240D oil pressure wackiness

2005-10-25 Thread Tom Scordato
TED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 5:00 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 240D oil pressure wackiness Chris, I had the exact same symptoms on my 240D last winter. I replaced the oil cap which had been leaking, vowed to keep a closer eye on oil level and it hasn't happened again. My car consu

Re: [MBZ] 240D oil pressure wackiness

2005-10-25 Thread Christopher McCann
Yes, it was pathetically stupid...I think I was thinking of 300SD ATF check procedure. I have never checked oil before on a running engine. Very humbling. Chris --- OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps you at least learned that you can not learn > anything by > checking the engine oil whi

Re: [MBZ] 240D oil pressure wackiness

2005-10-25 Thread degcoast
;Curt Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 5:00 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 240D oil pressure wackiness Chris, I had the exact same symptoms on my 240D last winter. I replaced the oil cap which had been leaking, vowed to keep a closer e

Re: [MBZ] 240D oil pressure wackiness

2005-10-25 Thread Curt Raymond
on, 24 Oct 2005 12:16:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Christopher McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MBZ] 240D oil pressure wackiness To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 seems like the list is down, which means you'll get this in ti

Re: [MBZ] 240D oil pressure wackiness

2005-10-25 Thread OK Don
Perhaps you at least learned that you can not learn anything by checking the engine oil while the engine is running?? I think you were lucky that the engine didn't seize! On 10/24/05, Christopher McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > seems like the list is down, which means you'll get > this in ti

[MBZ] 240D oil pressure wackiness

2005-10-24 Thread Christopher McCann
seems like the list is down, which means you'll get this in time to disregard my previous post. After sitting for 4 hours, I checked the oil level (coolant was fine) - NOTHING. So I added 3 qrts (2 probably would have been better) and now everything is back to normal. DH (as Homer would sa

[MBZ] 240D oil pressure wackiness

2005-10-24 Thread Christopher McCann
It was about 35 degrees this morning. 240D (with goopy mixture of Kero/D2/oil/etc) started on the third crank. Ran fine, as always. After about 15 minutes of driving, I noticed that the oil pressure was not at 45...and that it was flopping all over. Up, down...up when slowing down, up when idling,