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What are the wheel well holes for?
On my 91 and 92 300D, each of the rear wheel wells has two holes toward the front of the well; they are plugged with rubber stoppers. Does anyone know if these serve some particular purpose?
On the 92 they are rusting so I will have to patch them.
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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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They are drains. They should actually have a little hole in the bottom, but might be filled with dirt.
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I don't think they can be drains. The reason I say that is that, on my 91, those plugs are completely painted over with rustproofing from the factory.
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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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They ARE drains, and MB frequently did cover them with undercoating. Scrape it off on the outside, and they should have a sort of one-way arrangement of molded rubber to let moisture out.
There is also one in the spare tire well.
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Ok think of them as available drains,.,. For when the trunk seals fail zo u don't need a bucket
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On another thread, someone suggests they are holes through which MB sprayed rustproofing and then permanently plugged them.
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So if I seal them over it doesn't sound like I'm at any great risk.
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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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Do what you want, but they were intended to be drains by MB. As I said, they are formed to allow condensation, etc to flow out, but prevent backsplash in.
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Chief 1991 350SD |
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So if I wanted them to function as designed, what would/could I do? The hole is sufficiently rusted that the plug won't stay.
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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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That would be a problem. Weld in a patch, and reinstall a new drain ( I think MB refers to them as a "seal" on the EPC).
When your car was built, at a certain stage of assembly it was run thru the line to receive undercoat. The automated application equipment could not avoid the small body drains, thus plugging them. Cleaning these of this material would have been a job on the punchlist of the delivering dealer, and not done. Same thing I found on my own 126.
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Chief 1991 350SD |
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Interestingly, I just spoke spoke to the shop foreman at the dealer. His opinion was that they are NOT drains but rather holes (subsequently plugged) used at some stage of the manufacturing process.
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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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Thus reinforcing my opinion about many of the people working at the dealerhips.
Just to be clear, we are talking about the tubular rubber bits, one veritically installed thru the bottom of the left and right rear fenderwells, as well as the spare tire well, correct? If these were simply plugs installed to cover a hole needed for mfg, then why use this rubber tube, with its one way center flap? Sorry, most dealers arent a great source of info, certainley not for our 126's.
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A picture is worth 1000 words!
Those are plugs. If you have rust near these, check further. You will probably find more. Water can travel through these bodies in some unforeseen ways. The body drains my be found vertically disposed, short rubber "tubes" approx 3/4" diameter in the "well" area to either side of the trunk, behind the rear wheels. These will be filled with crap- clean them out.
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Okay...so now that we've clarified things....you would agree that the things I'm describing can be completely sealed, right?
Too dark now to take a pic.... Quote:
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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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