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Originally Posted by elchivito
Changed the oil in the 240D the other day and was gabbing with my next door neighbor. He knows nothing about Mercedes cars, which is just a tad less than I know. He has several gorgeous restored late 50's Chevys that he did himself. He says, "so did you lube the chassis and suspension too?". I say...uhhhhh, I didn't notice any zerks anywhere".
The manual doesn't say anything about chassis lube, and I haven't seen it discussed here, can someone enlighten me?
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Ceratin types of monocoque cars, especially, Citroens, Peugeots, MBs from the late 50s-late 70s benefit from having oil sprayed into the actual tubular structures of the chassis.
Citroenistes do this for the 1930-50s cars especially, but they can be done on the DS cars as well.
A substance called Waxoyl is used alonmg with a high-pressure sprayer. This fills the inside non-galvanized areas with a coat of oil to prevent rust from moistuure or possible intrusions by water.
Your car drips oil from all over but it makes the chassis last a lot longer