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04-21-2009, 01:56 PM
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Piece of Rubber in Cooling System: A Problem?
Part of the deteriorated gasket on expansion tank cap (about 3/4" long) dropped into expansion tank. Drained tank in attempt to fish it out, but can't find it.
 If somehow it simply gets sucked into the cooling system, is that a large enough piece to cause a problem, or can it simply float around forever?
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04-21-2009, 02:06 PM
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Water pump - should be no big deal. The impeller should chew it up in the worse case.
Radiator - if it gets here it will probably block one of the tubes. You'll lose a little cooling but assuming the rest of the radiator is clear it probably won't be a problem. Engine - This is the problem. If it gets somewhere and blocks the flow you could have material damage. One idea could be to place a screen in line on the outflow of the radiater to catch the item.
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04-21-2009, 02:29 PM
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14 E250 Bluetec "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 153k miles 06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 171k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU 91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion 19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi Fourteen other MB's owned and sold 1961 Very Tolerant Wife
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04-21-2009, 05:05 PM
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If you haven't run the car since losing it, unhook the hose that goes from the expansion tank to the radiator and look for it somewhere in there.
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