[diesel_mercedes] Re: Huge oil leak, part deux

 

I can bring my trolly jack and safety stands next weekend....

You'd best begin looking for cheap kitty litter before you get evicted .

-Nate
Tom wrote :
>
> It's raining here in L.A. so no strolls through junk yards, or driving
> cars up onto curbs to be able to get under them.
>
> After polishing off some legal paperwork, I decided to go look at the
> 300SD. My great hope was that I might look at the valve cover and see that
> the gasket had cracked after the valve adjustment, letting all that oil
> pump out.
>
> So I did that in the garage. No joy on the valve cover gasket. The
> top of the engine is entirely oil-dry.
>
> The good news is that the oil cooler hoses, which I had to replace a
> few years ago after a cut during a road trip, are solid and dry. Both ends
> and the middles.
>
> The engine isn't as clean as one of Nate's, so there are spots of oil
> here and there. But nothing, looking from above, with the hood open all
> the way, that looks like a big leak. The oil return line at the bottom of
> the air cleaner is set right.
>
> And there is no clear indication of a leak, even at the rear of the
> engine.
>
> I Guess there is really no alternative to lifting it up and looking up
> from underneath. That's not going to be a pleasant job, with the garage
> floor coated in oil.
>
> Tom
>

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