I pulled the ashtray on my car to get to the radio. Now I hear this odd noise coming from that section of the dash. Sometimes I hear the sound of fluid trickling in there, like some babbling brook. Normal? Should I be worried my keg tap on the passenger side is leaking into the dash area?

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1987 300TD; 166,000 mi/267151 Km - had to make room for the dog
1973 220D; mileage ??????
1978 300D; 178,000

'Could you be "hearing" the condensate from the Evaporator trickle out down the drains?

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'84 300SD sold
124.128

When you store it in the winter do you put moth balls in it.
You may have beavers....Pesky critters can dam up anything

Some cars gurgle a little sometimes. It's the coolant in the heater core. Check your coolant level, but if it's properly filled I wouldn't worry about it. Keep any eye on the level for a little while, to make sure nothing is leaking.

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Yes, my car has a heater core that gurgles also. After I do a coolant flush for this winter, I'm going to see if there is any change but so far there hasn't been a problem with it.

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Sam

84 300SD 350K+ miles ( Blue Belle )

Woah!@ you must have gotten the japanese delivery option. it's got the feng shui features. very valuable. I've never seen one, but I hear they had issues with the voltage differences between German engineering and Japanese. take extreme care of this model.

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Theres a part you can order for this to fix the problem. Its some kind of vent that is routed inline with the heater hose going to the core. Its a mercedes part, developed for customer complaints...

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93 300D 2.5 Turbo, Black/Palomino 273K
09 E350 Black/Black 41K

It must the the dashboard Koi Pond option, even rarer.

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1980 240d
1999 SL500

Chad... are you reading this one?

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Hmmm... mine only came with the farm tractor sound effect.

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easy fix to all these issues, better stereo

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

Yeah mine has a trickling water sound too. I have no coolant leaks and just assumed it was the heater core too.

Would be nice to get the part number of that "valve" that eliminates the noise....

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'98 E300 turbodiesel

I don't know how well this would "fix" the issue. It usually occurs on start-up which coincidentally is during the moment of silence reserved for Rudolph Diesel and listening for that ever-important click of the glow plug relay. Both of these important events would be interupted by a bunch of racket.

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Sam

84 300SD 350K+ miles ( Blue Belle )