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11-05-2004, 02:46 PM
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Head Gasket fixed itself?
for a while now i've been getting chocolate milk in the coolant expansion tank but no other signs of a head-gasket leak. The other week i flushed out my radiator completely and cleaned most of the oil (that I could get at) out of the expansion tank and hoses. 2 weeks on and no chocolate milk- just a very thin layer of oil/rust coloured film on top of the coolant in the tank.
Any ideas on what might have happened?
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1993 320TE M104 --------------------------------------------------- past: 1983 230E W123 M102 1994 E300D S124 OM606 (x2) 1967 250SE W108 M129 1972 280se 3.5 W108 M116 1980 280SE W116 M110 1980 350SE W116 M116 1992 300E W124 M103 1994 E280 W124 M104 ---------------------------------------------- "music and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business" -Pepys 
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11-05-2004, 03:05 PM
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it is cooler out, but I've used the car just as much, on long and short trips.
The car has never over-heated even when symptoms were bad. Anyway... I'm not complaining!
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1993 320TE M104 --------------------------------------------------- past: 1983 230E W123 M102 1994 E300D S124 OM606 (x2) 1967 250SE W108 M129 1972 280se 3.5 W108 M116 1980 280SE W116 M110 1980 350SE W116 M116 1992 300E W124 M103 1994 E280 W124 M104 ---------------------------------------------- "music and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business" -Pepys
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11-05-2004, 03:27 PM
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The 'Chocolate Milk' may have been Rust
The veins on the water pump rust, and the block is iron. If there are no external leaks and the engine oil is clean, it's possible that the coolant was just contaminated with rust.
If it were me, I'd watch it carefully and replace the hoses and expansion tank. Did you use Shout to clean it out? Charles
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11-05-2004, 03:33 PM
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I did use shout funnily enough, on recommendation of posts I'd read here.
I'll keep an eye on it, though hopefully it'll be sold soon.
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1993 320TE M104 --------------------------------------------------- past: 1983 230E W123 M102 1994 E300D S124 OM606 (x2) 1967 250SE W108 M129 1972 280se 3.5 W108 M116 1980 280SE W116 M110 1980 350SE W116 M116 1992 300E W124 M103 1994 E280 W124 M104 ---------------------------------------------- "music and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business" -Pepys
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11-05-2004, 04:00 PM
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Note to self: avoid " 1992 300E Panzerwagon, Euros, 204k (for sale)"
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-Marty 1986 300E 220,000 miles+ transmission impossible (Now waiting under a bridge in order to become one) Reading your M103 duty cycle: http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/831799-post13.html http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/831807-post14.html
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11-05-2004, 04:48 PM
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Quote:
 I bet it runs nicer than your '86 though.
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1993 320TE M104 --------------------------------------------------- past: 1983 230E W123 M102 1994 E300D S124 OM606 (x2) 1967 250SE W108 M129 1972 280se 3.5 W108 M116 1980 280SE W116 M110 1980 350SE W116 M116 1992 300E W124 M103 1994 E280 W124 M104 ---------------------------------------------- "music and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business" -Pepys
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11-05-2004, 04:59 PM
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Quote:
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-Marty 1986 300E 220,000 miles+ transmission impossible (Now waiting under a bridge in order to become one) Reading your M103 duty cycle: http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/831799-post13.html http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/831807-post14.html
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