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1986 300SDL
Weird thing: last weekend I changed the oil on my 300SDL. Pretty straightforward as usual. I've been doing this simple task for a couple of years, and by now I'm pretty good at it.
I use a mityvac topside fluid extractor, and it just sucks the oil right out of the dipstick tube. Easy...However, i went for a spin, just a 5 mile trip around the block last night. well, I got home, pulled into my driveway and the low oil warning light comes on, which is weird because I just did the oil. I guessed that I must have screwed it up somehow, so, I open the hood, expecting to see a engine covered in oil...and the engine is CLEAN. I pulled the dipstick. EMPTY. Not a little low, but totally empty, just the barest little smidge of oil on the tip of the dipstick. I looked under the car. no obvious leaks or drips. Certainly not anything that would suggest a loss of almost 2 gallons of oil. No black trail of oil leading back to the main drag. Stumped. Did my ol' reliable just go all rod-bender on me? What gives?
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Ethan Hunter 1986 Mercedes-Benz 300SDL (263,000 miles) |
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A 1986 300SDL does not have the "rod bender" engine.
First, go the garbage can and tell us how many empty oil containers you found. I am not being flippant, that is the first thing to check. Next, fill the crankcase with oil (how much did it take ?), then drive the 5 miles again. What happened this time ?
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Greg 2012 S350 BlueTEC 4Matic 2007 ML 320 CDI 2007 Leisure Travel Serenity 2006 Sprinter 432k 2005 E320 CDI 1998 SLK230 (teal) 1998 SLK230 (silver) 1996 E300D 99k, 30k on WVO Previous: 1983 240D, on WVO 1982 300D, on WVO 1983 300CD, on WVO 1986 300SDL 237k, 25k on WVO (Deerslayer) 1991 350SDL 249k, 56k on WVO - Retired to a car spa in Phoenix 1983 380 SEC w/603 diesel, 8k on WVO 1996 E300D 351k, 177k on WVO Last edited by GregMN; 06-27-2014 at 01:26 PM. |
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Check the exhaust pipe to see if you've got oil coming out the exhaust, which would be caused by a bad turbo.
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Respectfully, /s/ M. Dillon '87 124.193 (300TD) "White Whale", ~392k miles, 3.5l IP fitted '95 124.131 (E300) "Sapphire", 380k miles '73 Balboa 20 "Sanctification" Charleston SC |
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