A few days ago during a hot day, my car got hotter than normal when sitting in traffic. However once I got rolling and air flowed through it cooled off- this repeated several times through rush hour traffic. Later on I took a drive out of town to work, and noticed my fuel gauge was going down down down but thankfully made it there.

I took a look, thinking a return line bursted or one of my halfway done wvo setup lines had disconnected, but everything was intact. I checked under the car, and the fuel was leaking from out the oil pan ... an odd place in my mind.

Only today did I begin to think that the heat cracked something, and the fuel is leaking from the engine. Is this likely? The temp didn't get all the way to the 120C mark, but uncomfortably close. Hell, anywhere past 80 or 90ish would make me cringe. But I'm guessing it got to 100C...

Either way I look at it, even if the heat didn't ruin anything, I still have no idea where the fuel could be leaking from. It was still dripping out steadily, minutes after the car was shut off. Let me know what you think, I believe no matter what I'm taking it in to a local Benz shop because this is beyond my scope.

Thank you,
Geoff

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1981 300SD, odometer stopped at 188,000