Look agian, its buried a little but its there

here is the socker im talkin about.

http://www.samstagsales.com/mercedes.htm

its M0035a

Ive compared the diesel and gas inlet filters and they are same size. Even though the description says gas tank.

I think craftsmen or snap sells a 46 mm socket but I dk it will fit. I've always used a pipe wrench to remove the inlet filter.

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1986 300SDL, 211K,Dealership serviced its whole life
1991 190E 2.6(120k)
1983 300D(300k)
1977 300D(211k)