I agree about the water and dust! Here's a story of an experience with just that!

A couple years ago we had a torrential summer rain storm in Atlanta and I got caught out in it trying to get home from work. I had to drive through streets in my 400E that were flowing with water channeled between the curbs.

I had a heck of a time trying to keep the windshield clear from the INSIDE because the A/C kept cutting out since I could not keep the belt dry. I was wiping the windshield with paper napkins, running the defroster until I was sweating and restarting the engine every couple of minutes. It was so hot inside the car that I had to open the windows a bit to breathe!

Looking back it was pretty funny, but what an experience! No, I had not removed the bottom engine cover. My tensioner was getting old and it was just so wet that I could not keep the belt dry.

Yeah, removing the bottom cover is not wise and I also don't recommend using dust shields in the wheels. I have temporarily lost my brakes due to overheating caused by those dangerous little inserts. It is a scary feeling to press the brakes and feel that nothing is happening when you need them most!

I don't want to hijack this thread to pursue on ASR problem, but it is very intermittent and my shop says my 92 SL loses the codes if I turn the switch off. Is this true on a 92 or do they just not have the right code reader or something? Oh, the brake light switch and OVP relay were changed early on.

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