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Mercedes owners welcome to discuss
- Thread starter mark.salvano
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Google "Mercedes repair in my area" and start calling the shops that are listed.
You may find some higher than what you were quoted but you may find some cheaper. Good luck!
You may find some higher than what you were quoted but you may find some cheaper. Good luck!
Insure it heavily and ……well
You're lucky
They'd hung up when they found out what you have.......
It could be a number of things. The head gasket being one. There is also a hole in the bottom of most water pumps that will leak slowly if the bearing gets to thin around the shaft. Usually a florescent die they add to the coolant to inspect it with a light to see if there are any slow leaks.
Do you have a sweet smell in the cabin. This would denote a leak in the heater core. However that would be evident with moisture in the passenger floor. A lot of times it's under the mat and you won't notice it unless you take the mat out. It will also fog up the inside of the windshield or blow steam out of the vent when it's real cold and heating up.
Now If it's a head gasket then I would recommend a Benz mechanic only. As said previously euro cars are extremely complicated. They are durable but when a problem pops up there are a lot of specialty tools that only a authorized repair shop would have due to the expense. Moisture exiting the tail pipe when you start it up will be present. If the problem is adjacent to a oil passage you can dip your finger in the coolant and see if oil is present in your radiator. Also coolant could be in the oil turning the oil into a milky color. If it's just a crack or rip in the gasket that connects to the combustion chamber that's when excessive moisture exits the exhaust pipe.
If you are lucky it's just the water pump bearing worn and leaking from under the pump. It's hard to detect with all the crap surrounding the pump. The problem will get worse over time and then pump will fail all together from bearing wear. It's not a ball bearing but a soft metal bearing that gets lubricated by the coolant.
I hate to the bearer of bad news but take it to a Benz repair shop so the repair is noted in the repair records. It's very important you keep those records up to maintain the resale. A Benz with no repair history is a bad news deal when you go to sell it. I don't have the necessary tools work on those cars. If I new exactly was I could repair it but I just don't have a shop to work out of. I also not up to the task physically speaking. My back and hips are shot I couldn't be of any help.
So goes the old saying if you want to play big you've gotta pay big. Not a humorous saying but in the case of a Benz that holds true all the way around. So many systems are packed in around a lot of the engine and that makes it a real bitch to service and repair. My recommendation is take it to a certified repair shop. Like B Basstracker said don't let just anyone work on that car.
