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Old 07-14-2010, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris W. View Post
Hmmm. I could swear that the belly pan under my '88 300E is metal. It's different than the pan under my '95 E300D, which is plastic, in that one can change the oil without removing that metal pan, whereas with the diesel there are 2 plastic belly pans and you have to remove the front one to change the oil. And the back one to change the trans fluid.

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Chris W.
The one I saw on a 300E at Pick and Pull yesterday indeed had a big square hole in the middle, looks like you could change oil without removing it. [On my diesels I use an oil sucker so I don't need to remove belly panels anyway.]

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