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05-26-2003, 04:20 PM
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Oil Cooler lines-Rubber?
Before everyone yells at me, I did a search on this, but came up kind of empty. My 83 300SD is starting to leak at the oiler cooler lines.
Can I change my oil cooler lines to rubber hydraulic line or braided stainless or something else.....? If so, how? Can I just get some hoses made up with the proper connectors? It seems to me, as dumb as I am, someone must have already thought of this and there has to be a good reason why it can't be done. 83 300SD "Goldie" 173K 
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05-26-2003, 05:57 PM
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There was a thread about this within the last few weeks, and yes, you can replace with hydraulic hoses. Try a search on oil cooler, I think the thread was started by the guy who has a 617 in a Unimog, perhaps Coachgeo.
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05-26-2003, 06:04 PM
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I have a 82 300TD, I removed the oil cooler lines and had then rebuilt at a local shop for $37 for both. I brought them the old lines and they used the metal sections to make new lines.
They will have the hose necessary. You can replace the lines with hydraulic or braided. Make sure they are secure in there routing and will not rub or chaf in any way. Dave
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05-27-2003, 11:47 PM
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We checked in to having our hoses refurbished, but in the end it was cheapest to buy a set from someone parting out his car. Have you check out that possibility?
A small warning... changing the bleeping things is harder than it looks. 
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05-28-2003, 12:54 AM
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The OEM-style hoses are VERY well-built and durable, and they FIT, which will be very difficult to accomplish with any aftermarket stuff...The routing is pretty tight down there, if you look you'll see. If you just bite the bullet and buy NEW, OEM-style, you'll probably get another 15-20 years out of them.
Mike
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05-28-2003, 01:58 AM
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Agreed with Mike..
I just did both oil cooler lines on my '83 300SD and got them from the dealer (which is where I buy 98% of my parts from anyways). They fit perfectly and I know they will perform properly.
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#7
05-28-2003, 01:29 PM
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Dealer parts on oil lines have an advantage of possible warrentee issues.
Someone on the list said the dealer installed some lines- one was defective and destroyed the engine. Mercedes put a used engine in the car from Potomac . I figured it was just a nasty $120 service. I installed them myself-nasty, but not overly hard. Michael
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