My tech's girlfriend has a '92 SL500 and got a chance to look at the 'tubes' when he pulled the cover off. Nice metal tubes(!) with spring loaded pessure relief.

BTW, the Auto-RX is a great product for cleaning up any engein especially mine with 100k+ miles of engine sludge.

Amazing stuff: it's made of all natural products (water soluble) and it slowly cleans the engine.

After removing the left side valve cover last week, the engine looks like it's new! No kidding.

Check out the site: http://www.auto-rx.com/

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Exactly what my 98 SL500 just started doing (see earlier "ticking" post). Anyone have an idea what a MB dealer will charge to remedy, and anything to watch out for. Should all be replaced, or just the "broken" piece.

Anyone have a good recommendation for a independant shop to perform in the North Dallas/Plano area?

Thank you.

Larry

Check out Menu#19 on my page and DIY! It's not that hard and actually kind of a fun job. You needent replace all but it's probably the best thing to do, but if you just replace the 'bad' one, it's a quick job.

I'm sure the dealer will replace all oil tubes on both sides. Guessimate . . 4 hours plus 16 oil tubes plus chain guide plus valve cover gasket kit = $750???

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Thanks for the information, excellent info and great tips on your website. Now time to ponder if a MB newbie should do anything other than drive and enjoy, many thanks.

Larry