Thread: w115 tips?
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Old 01-29-2013, 06:59 PM
kerry kerry is offline
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Since it's happening at idle, I'm going with a failed diaphragm in the IP. There's a butterfly valve in the intake manifold which produces a vacuum at idle, hence the sucking of oil from the IP.
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