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I am sure we have plenty of hot oil changers here on the forum. Anyone ever gone to the ER with an oil plug burn?
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...........and the relevance would be...........??
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That's the hose I T'd in to for the VO system, but I pretty much replace that hose with a longer one that goes around the front of the filter canister instead of over it...you can kid of see it in the pic. Fishing the hose between the filter canister and the IP was a little tricky if I remember, but in the end its not kinked or squeezed anywhere. Makes oil changes a little easier...I still have a few vacuum lines to move out of the way when I'm taking the top off.
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our coolers help, but don't get cocky!
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I changed mine hot this afternoon, the drain plug was hot but I can hold it as long as I keep it moving around between my fingers. If it was 300F, you would lose skin. |
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I found it.
thanks http://catalog.worldpac.com/mercedesshop/sophio/quote.jsp?clientid=catalog.mercedesshop&cookieid=2AR0O8CI52AZ19925Z&baseurl=http://catalog.peachparts.com/&partner= mercedesshop&year=1983&product=R3030-16734&application=000027714
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Years of flexing that hose will weaken it over time ask me which one of my hoses has split.....you guessed it. And the new replacement hose is even stiffer.
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I`ve changed the oil enough times I don`t think about it much any more, the first time was a pita. knocked off some vacuum lines, oh crap now where do these go?
I usually change it hot, crack the lid and let it drain over night. then fish out the drain plug I usually drop in the hot oil. . I only had trouble with the O ring falling off the lid when I used Wix filters. seemed they were a little larger. used a little grease to hold it on. And remember it only takes 8 qts of oil, not 16 , that`s a long story. Charlie
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That's definately a W123 problem. I have it too, but I don't think my hose extends quite so far over the oil filter hosing as the OP's. It seems to me that if the hose were cut slightly at the firewall end, it may shorten it enough to remove some of the interference. OTOH, there is less hose to bend if your engine rocks.
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any vacuum line mods
It is a PITA cause of that rubber hose, and the vac lines. Has anyone modified there vac lines to clean that firewall area up. Mine is an absolute mess there with lots of duct tape, etc... holding everything together. Maybe one day I will try to move everything over out of the oil filter housing area, and replace those old taped vac lines...
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"How could you be so stupid to forget that the engine has no oil in it?". But, those days are over............. Someday, the kids will realize what we're talking about.............. |
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I am changing the oil now and still question that coolant hose. I find using Mechanix gloves on a semi hot engine is great. I drove 10 miles from wal mart to home and let her sit for 20 minutes and then started draining the oil.
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I just push the hose out of the way, but I noticed that the coolant hose is now weeping in the inside of the 90deg bend. Also I have the same issue with the wix filters, I love them, but the o-ring is just slightly too big and always slips off while trying to hold the hose out of the way, line up the studs, and keep vacuum lines out from under the cap Argh
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