From: owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net (diesel-benz-digest) To: diesel-benz-digest-at-krusty-motorsports.com Subject: diesel-benz-digest V1 #160 Reply-To: diesel-benz-at-digest.net Sender: owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Errors-To: owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Precedence: bulk diesel-benz-digest Friday, June 25 1999 Volume 01 : Number 160 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles John Meister Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: door lube, (was Re: engine #'s and stuff) schedules Oil cooler Re: Oil cooler Diesel Benz Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/diesel-benz/ Send submissions to diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Send administrative requests to diesel-benz-digest-request-at-digest.net To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a message to stag-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 10:33:37 -0500 (CDT) From: matthew j mason Subject: Re: door lube, (was Re: engine #'s and stuff) oops... just re-read my last post. and that governing arm retracts into the door, not the pillar. guess it would help to have the car in Iowa, huh... :) ______________________________________________ Matthew J. Mason matthew-mason-at-uiowa.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 12:33:53 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: schedules (from a friend) A Russian fellow has saved and saved and finally can purchase an automobile. He goes to the state store to order his car and is informed that it will be delivered in ten years. The man then asks: "Will it be here in the morning or the afternoon?" "Why are you concerned? It's quite some time from now." "Because the plumber is coming in the morning." - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- john-at-wagoneers.com http://www.wagoneers.com/UNIX/SYSADM --> Please don't leave life without Jesus <-- PC viruses? see http://www.nai.com/services/support/hoax/hoax.asp for solid PC computing, try LINUX: http://www.wagoneers.com/UNIX/LINUX UNIX rules the internet and engineering computing - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 09:28:38 +0200 From: Thorsten =?iso-8859-1?Q?Windh=FCs?= Subject: Oil cooler Hello, finally I fitted an oil cooler in my 200D. But it is only used and gets warm after driving several miles at top speed. I was wondering if the opening of the thermostat only under these extreme conditions is normal? Besides I am concerned about the Filter housing. After turning off the engine I can hear the oil flowing down to the sump. I never noticed this before but don't want to deny it. Shouldn't the oil stay in the housing? When I stared the engine this morning it took some time until the pressure gauge showed 3, for me this is a sign that the oil has to be pumped up to the filter housing before the pressure increases. All comments are welcome, Thorsten Windhues ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 09:01:57 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: Oil cooler On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Thorsten Windh=FCs wrote: >-->Hello, >--> >-->finally I fitted an oil cooler in my 200D. But it is only used and gets >-->warm after driving several miles at top speed. I was wondering if the >-->opening of the thermostat only under these extreme conditions is normal= ? >-->Besides I am concerned about the Filter housing. After turning off the >-->engine I can hear the oil flowing down to the sump. I never noticed thi= s >-->before but don't want to deny it. Shouldn't the oil stay in the housing= ? >-->When I stared the engine this morning it took some time until the press= ure >-->gauge showed 3, for me this is a sign that the oil has to be pumped up = to >-->the filter housing before the pressure increases. >--> >-->All comments are welcome, >-->Thorsten Windhues yes, it is normal. Diesels are efficient and don't get hot until really loaded down. When you mash the pedal more than it can produce it begins getting warm because it can't produce the power and the extra fuel becomes heat... It could be that the check valve in the filter housing is bad, or missing. What kind of oil filter setup? Stock? If it's a spin on filter it might be missing the check valve internal... get a better quality filter.=20 I'd also recommend using Synthetic Diesel Oil so you don't experience any wear on startup if the system is normal... my oil pressure takes some time to come up as well... but I'm running the AMSOIL 15w40 Marine Grade Synthetic Diesel oil... so I'm not worried... (my wife drove my 80 Olds 5.7L Diesel TWO MILES with no oil in the crankcase, up hill, car load of kids AND the a/c on after she backed over something in a construction site and wiped out the oil cooler line... no oil, none, not a drop... that was at 160,000 miles... I finally broke the 5.7L at 230,000 miles... :) john ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- john-at-virtual-cafe.com **** Snohomish, Washington USA=20 don't leave life without jesus, please... http://www.virtual-cafe.com/~john =20 http://wagoneers.com=20 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #160 *********************************