Mother ****er, it blew the oil seal today above the filter. What a POS, luckly my friend was following me so I wasn't stuck in a freezing car in below freezing weather today. As of right now this VW is the only car to ever leave me stranded.

I guess the seal blew about 2 miles down the road, because there was a 2 quart puddle at my friends condo I noticed when we went back. Plus a nice path of oil drips, I don't think there is any oil left in the pan... The POS car doesn't have a low oil pressure light, it has a zero oil pressure light. So it started blinking and beeping, thankfully before I got on the highway and I pulled right over and shut it down. Sounded like a diesel but those POS motors always make a lot of noise.

I was very tempted just to drive it home, let it put a rod through its block, junk it, and drive the Mercedes. After half an hour of sitting in 5 degree temps I just might have, probably would have made it the 2 miles home.

VW's and me don't get along.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Yikes. You paid what for this car though? What level of reliability are you expecting?

Today I drove my always there for me 300SD. Fired right up even though it was 4F out. 10 second glow and 1-2 seconds of cranking. Thats it.

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

That sucks! Only problems I've had are electrical. It was surprisingly easy to change the timing belt despite the apparent lack of space. I've come to look at changing certain sensors as regular maintenance.

What year VW was this? I remember this was a problem on Rabbtis in the 1970's, but it was mostly the oil filters that messed up.

Some filters have a built in check-valve. If they malfundtion it is the same as if your oil pumps' relief valve sticks.

These older VW's could put up some serious oil pressure (up to 120 psi) and the seals on some of the oil filters could not take it and blew out.

I remember a guy who bought a case of these for like twenty cents each at a 'managers sale'. Then he found out why the filters were so cheap. All of them had been declaired defective by the maker and they were supposed to have been shipped back for credit.

This problem also killed a lot of Dodge Omins that used the same VW engine.

Pooka

1997 Golf, 4 banger. Its a commen problem with those engines, it has nothing to do with the filter. The oil cooler housing right above the filter blows out.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Well I have a grand total of $450 into it!

But I'm sick of wrenching, thats why I can see a 2008/9 pickup truck in my near future.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

You know what Jeremy Clarkson says/thinks about pickups......

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

My $750 Subaru hasn't exploded but it didn't start at -2 degrees outside today. It has some autozoo bargain basement sparkplugs and the gap is probably wrong, or these cars need NGK sparkplugs only. Also, vacuum leaks and CA emission system. Then again my MB would explode if started at negitive degrees anyway

Maybe I'll stick that giant MB battery from my stored 300cd in the subaru

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1980 240d
1999 SL500

Hatteras I'll give you $500 for it if you can prove the engine wasn't permanently damaged....

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$60 OM617 Blank Exhaust Flanges
$110 OM606 Blank Exhaust Flanges
No merc at the moment

You and $hitbox VW's don't get along.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Those seals dry out. Same thing happened on my A4. I was luckily able to save the engine. Lucky I wasn't on the highway. It is typical that it blew when it was cold and the oil pressure was high.

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'59 180 Dad's original
'59 180 Dad's 2nd one
'67 250SE Dad's last one
'59 220 SE My first one
'62 220SE Coupe second one
'89 190E 2.6 5spd third one
'06 E350 4matic (sold)
'10 E350 4matic

yep had that happen to me last winter on my 2000 jetta tdi.it blew when i started it in the garage,i backed out and saw the big puddle in the garage,look back at the car and it had a steady stream coming out of it.seal was rock hard.should probably be changed at the timing belt interval.

Pff I'm selling it on ebay to some sucker for over $1k this spring, have you seen what those things go for on Autotrader!? People actualy pay good money for them!

I only went like 250-300ft with it blinking and beeping, and shut it down right away. I doubt any damage was done.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Freaken junk, Mercedes don't do that. Neither do GM, Fords, Toyota's or Honda's.

The more I work on VW's the more I hate them.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

You need a cheap beater Mercedes Gasser....




Its not made of tin, and last time I checked they burn oil, not puke it everywhere....



I really hope you were running some cheap oil in it, not Mobil1... I would feel bad about wasting good oil

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.