I thought the head and/or gasket took a poo on my SDL recently due to the excessive coolant use. Well I decided to take a good look at the entire cooling system before going further.

Rad hoses were okay, rad okay, water pump okay, etc. Well... back in June I had flushed the system out of that crappy green coolant. I then went to check all the hoses behind the firewall around the monovalve and such... turns out I had forgotten to fully tighten the hose between the head and the firewall.

Boy do I feel like a big fool!

I gave it a good shakedown yesterday and today while picking up a 240D with another member here. Coolant temp is perfect, sits just a tad over 80°C. Time to finish the A/C up on there now!

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'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

Good Catch there.

Glad the SDL OK.

Yeahhhhhh

ARRR MATEY!

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82 300SD 145k
89 420SEL 210k
89 560SEL 118k
90 300SE 262k RIP 5/25/2010
90 560SEL 154k
91 300D 2.5 Turbo. 241k
93 190E 3.0 235k
93 300E 195k

Excellent news,and pretty much "best case scenario"... It is time like that that we certainly don't mind a little embarrassment.
Thanks for helping me pick up "Scar". Got it off the trailer without destroying it, but its difficult without brakes!!
Headlights even worked, and amber fogs.....
That SDL is about the smoothest idling thing I've ever seen, but the smoke was reminecent of something........ vaguely......

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'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

I like that name for the ol' 240D.

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

What did I tell you.......pressure check the cooling system........turns out you didn't even need to do that.

Good job.