If they're the red silicone ones, I'd say BUY 'EM ! .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

I have some good used drain tubes, even at least one of the red ones, as well as the vent grills and mounting clips. Email me if you want good used w123 parts, as I have just about everything, as I have parted out six of these cars.

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Von
Fairport, NY
1973 Unimog 416 Doka
1980 Unimog 416 Doka
1981 Unimog 416 Doka
1984 Euro 280CE w/diesel conversion
1985 300TD Estate wagon
(I really need to stop buying these things!)
http://vonsmog.com

wow nice, are the red silicone ones better? i guess they're new and last longer than old rubber.

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w123
1985 300D turbo sept 2015 - present
1985 300TD turbo oct 2023 - present
looking for biodiesel in nyc

Yes ~ they're *much* better .

German plastics and rubber items tend to be bio degradable and the light coating of Diesel contaminated engine oil rots anything rubber / plastic badly and rapidly .

Often simply -touching- these important drain hoses causes them to crumble .

This allows engine fumes to be routed directly to the fresh air intake of the HVAC .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Yeah... I found that out the hard way. I had a set of nice red ones on my W116 and decided they looked too much like big clown shoes, so I sold them and put some nice black ones on. Now the black ones are hardened and crumbling away.

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1967 W110 Universal Wagon, Euro, Turbo Diesel, Tail Fins, 4 Speed Manual Column Shift, A/C
1980 W116 300SD Turbo Diesel, DB479 Walnut Brown, Sunroof, Highly Optioned, 350,000+ Miles

Yes, they certainly do look like clown shoes so I didn't grab them years ago when there were junk W123's everywhere, like you I discovered the hard way when a black one crumbled at my touch..... NOW what am I gonna do ? .

I got lucky and found a pair of red ones for my Coupe, I don't *touch* the original ones on my 240D or 300TD.....

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better