Hi,

Where is the engine oil cooler located for the OM602.962? I did find some sort of cooler under the driver's side head lamp. Is that the transmission oil cooler or the engine oil cooler?

The car is not having an over heat issue, I am just curious, and the my w123 had the cooler mounted next to the radiator, on the driver's side.

Thanks!

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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

That cooler looking thing on the drivers side lower front spoiler is your oil cooler. Your transmission cooler is likely in the radiator, see if you have two small spring wire wrapped rubber lines going into the radiator, usually one on each rad end tank, those are your trans cooler lines

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Stable Mates:
1987 300TD 310K mi (Hans)
2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee OM642 165k mi (Benzrokee)

Cool, thanks!

Would it be better to use an external transmission fluid cooler instead of the one in the radiator? I did this in my GM products, all RWD though.

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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

NO. The cooler in the radiator serves 2 purposes, it helps warm up the transmission to operating temperature faster and it removes considerably more heat from the fluid passing through it than an air cooler does. The MB coolers are not known for failure and overheating due to inadequate cooling is not a cause of failure on MB transmissions.

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Current stable:
1995 E320 149K (Nancy)
1983 500SL 120K (SLoL)

Black Sheep:
1985 524TD 167K (TotalDumpster™)

Gone but not forgotten:
1986 300SDL (RIP)
1991 350SD
1991 560SEL
1990 560SEL
1986 500SEL Euro (Rusted to nothing at 47K!)

Agree with Diseasel300, leave it alone. These transmissions are a far cry from a TH350/400 and the radiator cooler works very well. The key to longevity is to keep them properly tuned, bowden cable, vac modulator and lines and your shift points and pressures. Follow a fluid - filter change protocol and you should get a good degree of longevity out of them.

I'm partial to Mobil1 ATF although I'm losing some from the bellhousing area. Probably a front pump seal, but I top it off with Lucas Trans Leak, it's original, unmolested, 34 years old with 307k miles on it, it takes a couple of seconds to engage reverse (been doing that for 125k miles) been dripping a little for at least 20 years. One day she'll have to come out, and that's when I'll fix everything, in the mean time, no slips, no shift problems and I'd happily take it on a 2000 mile trip. Your experience may vary

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Stable Mates:
1987 300TD 310K mi (Hans)
2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee OM642 165k mi (Benzrokee)

Ok, cool! Thanks for the info!!!

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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