Good move! I'm hoping right along with you that it does the job. I've always thought that it should not have been designed so that replacing that short hose would require removing the water pump, but I've always been told that it does, including the FSM.

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1988 California version 260E (W124)
Anthracite Grey/Palomino
Owned since new and still going strong and smooth
MBCA member

Past Mercedes-Benz:
1986 190E Baby Benz
1967 230 Inherited from mom when she downsized
1959 220S Introduced me to the joys of keepin' 'em goin'

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