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10-07-2011, 05:07 PM
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Has anyone experience weak power steering as a result of the filter?
Just tyring to find out if anyone's ever experienced weak power steering that was definitely the result of a dirty filter....where you noticed an improved after replacing the filter. Bought my 91 300D with 77,000 miles on it, did several drain and fills of the PS reservoir, and replaced the filter. That was 22,000 miles ago. Seems a little soon to replace that filter, but I guess I will just to see what happens.
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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 154k miles 06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 172k 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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10-07-2011, 05:46 PM
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Yes
But only in the most extreme cases loaded with sludge.
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10-07-2011, 05:49 PM
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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 154k miles 06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 172k 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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10-07-2011, 05:57 PM
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Yup
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10-07-2011, 06:07 PM
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Doesn't 99,000 miles seem a tad on the early side for the pump to go bad? (if that's the problem)
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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 154k miles 06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 172k 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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10-07-2011, 07:28 PM
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Yes
But it can happen. I had a neighbor with a Honda Accord that blew the motor at 116,000 miles. This is about half what they usually go, but sometimes you get unlucky. If I were you I'd go ahead and change the fluid and filter again to see if that helps. Maybe you dislodged some old crud that had been hanging around in the system for a while and it managed to plug the filter.
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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar. 83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles 08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles 88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
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10-07-2011, 08:49 PM
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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 154k miles 06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 172k 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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10-07-2011, 09:00 PM
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Just changed my 124s filter and fluid - used valvoline PS fluid - the steering is lighter and does not lug the engine now.
my car only has 107,000 miles on it and the fluid was dark but with an orange shade. The filter was pretty sludged too. (Good thinking of MB to use a filter). I just wish the MB steering could be as light as a 3rd gen Honda Accord steering - that cars steering is eerie soft but reduces power assist the faster the car moves.
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2012 BMW X5 (Beef + Granite suspension model) 1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017) 2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)
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