Are W140's as expensive to maintain as everyone makes them out to be? - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

oldsouth · #1 09-21-2008, 11:31 PM

Jim, do you think you will only have to replace the evaporator once? I have replaced mine, but is it a recurring problem or has the weakness been fixed?

suginami · #2 09-22-2008, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by oldsouth

Jim, do you think you will only have to replace the evaporator once? I have replaced mine, but is it a recurring problem or has the weakness been fixed?

How many miles do you have now? Is it over 300,000 yet?

oldsouth · #3 09-22-2008, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by suginami

How many miles do you have now? Is it over 300,000 yet?

I am at 361,533 miles. Evaporator replaced at 223,561. I also am not driving as many miles as I used to. Doing only about 16-17K a year. Car doing fine except for some oil consumption. I was using about a quart every 625 miles and changed from synthetic oil to dino oil. Consumption went down to a quart every 1200 miles. I guess its just thicker.

JimF · #4 09-22-2008, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by oldsouth

Jim, do you think you will only have to replace the evaporator once? I have replaced mine, but is it a recurring problem or has the weakness been fixed?

I certainly hope so . . . only have 119K miles and don't drive as much as I used to.

Paul is asking if your car has over 300K miles?? I guess he is implying that it could fail again around that mileage. I can say for-sure that I will never drive it enough to get to that mileage . .