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Originally Posted by hd wood
Is the car using any coolant? Are you adding? I'm driving one now with a bad gasket and the coolant isn't getting into the oil... it's just getting out of the gasket in the rear. This happens frequently with these cars. A pressure tester would tell you it's leaving then you know. You may want to put some clean cardboard under the car after it heats up. Maybe you'll find it dripping.
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It's not losing any coolant as far as I can tell - have never had to add any and the level remains constant. I will monitor this more closely now that you mention it. Will also get some cardboard to put underneath.
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Still, you don't have any air moving through the radiator. Perhaps the condenser fins are clogged (radiator fins should be clean, as it's new, right?).
Don't remove the thermostat. It's my understanding that, with the double-flange MB design, that jacks up the flow/bypass operation leading to all kinds of wierditude.
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I checked the condenser fins when I had the radiator pulled. There were a few bugs and road "stuff" but no major blockages. I hit it with my pressure washer for good measure though and I can easily see through it everywhere I looked at it.
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With the exception of the water pump, your cooling seems to be in good shape. However there is a possibility of sediment and crud build up in the block and covering the passages in the head gasket, however, I feel that is a longshot. I might start looking into the possibility of overfueling. Do you know what condition your injector nozzles are in? How is your fuel mileage? BTW, the smoke from your exhaust manifold is most likely because the metal tube connecting the two halves of the manifold is missing.
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Hmmmm...didn't consider overfueling at all, and it's a distinct possibility because I removed the ALDA. I'll put it back on this morning and see what happens.
Fuel economy is around 20, but most of my driving is in-town and I live in the mountains, so a lot of hills. Plus with B100 my understanding is that you'll get about 5% poorer fuel economy to begin with.
The reason I mentioned the smoke was because I was starting to wonder if the replacement for the trap oxidizer can crud up and cause an excessive backflow issue. I might pull it and the intake manifold today on general principle.