Well as some of you may know, my tranny went out about a week ago and I am about to replace it. So yesterday I put it up on ramps and jack stands and grab the ol'creeper and take a look.

And that's when I see the aftermath of the wreck... I think that my car was involved in a wreck with the Exxon Valdaldez... The left side of my car was covered in oil including the cute little muffle on the left side all the way back to the axle. So now I'm thinking what the hell happened here??? Is this typacal for a diesel Benz??? I mean the motor and the tranny and the undercarriage all the way to the axle are covered in some kind of oil.
So I grab the powerwasher and load it up with soap and start to clean it, after about an hour I got most of it off.

So tonight I start pulling the tranny...
Will keep you posted on what happens next on " How the Benz turns" brought to you buy Exxon the oil that covers the world...

Oil leaks, trannie leaks and power steering leaks can spray oil very far from the point of origin of the leak. you will have a film of oil reaching as far as the rear bumper if any of the 3 mentionned above leak. I had all 3 leaking on the SD... and even the trunk lead was coated in oil!!!!

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Aquilae non capunt muscas! (Eagles don't hunt flies!)


1979 300SD Black/Black MBtex239000mi
1983 300TD euro-NA. White/Olive Cloth-MBtex 201000mi. Fleet car of the USA embassy in Morocco
1983 240D Labrador Blue/Blue MBtex 161000mi

Look at it as automatic rust proofing...

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RRGrassi


70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

Or optionally paint remover.

Check your cooler lines, I had a loose one running against the PS belt. just leng enough for a fine mist tocome out. Oil pressure gauge was still saying everything was OK.

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1995 E420 Schwarz
1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

Thats what I refer to it as... In Michigan I am perfectly happy to have my entire engine compartment/under body coated in oil.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

You guys crack me up.... BAHAHAHAHA

I'm going to find some OLD and I do mean OLD clothes to do the tranny swap in... Wish me luck, I'm going in.... HAHAHAHA

It's just a result of the wind, blowing the lose fluids, towards the rear of the car, as you drive. Just clean it up, fix the leaks, and you're all set.

Yup, normal thing for leaky MB's, I am planning to powerwash mine before I get into the bodywork phase of the resto, but part of me hates to do it knowing how these things like to rust, lol. I just hate working on greasy vehicles though.

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Chris
64 190D R.I.P.
80 240D W/617 engine -for sale
82 240D -for sale