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sooooooo I may have jumped the gun a bit...... I called my wrench (Factory Merc Mech) he is the only guy that has worked in the car since the factory warranty expired.
Turns out these DO have a liquid cooled oil cooler (or something like that) and those seals may have failed. He asked me if it was running like crap on the drive home..... it was NOT driving like crap and was as smooth as always... that lead him to believe it was not a head issue. Towed it to his house and told him to take his time to evaluate. The plan is to repair enough to get back on the road and keep it as a 3 rd if possible. In the meantime...... the wife wants an Escalade....... |
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sooooooo I may have jumped the gun a bit...... I called my wrench (Factory Merc Mech) he is the only guy that has worked in the car since the factory warranty expired.
Turns out these DO have a liquid cooled oil cooler (or something like that) and those seals may have failed. He asked me if it was running like crap on the drive home..... it was NOT driving like crap and was as smooth as always... that lead him to believe it was not a head issue. Towed it to his house and told him to take his time to evaluate. The plan is to repair enough to get back on the road and keep it as a 3 rd if possible. In the meantime...... the wife wants an Escalade....... |
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Decision time/ DONE.
So with the C230 getting diagnosed/fixed.... i needed to pull the trigger on another car.....
 the wife was all-in on an Escalade, the fancy one, NOT a reasonable 2005 Yukon (hahahahahahahaha)we did alot of research, we saw and test drove a lot of full size SUV's and she even said, lets be "practical" and get nice suburban or yukon..... but i know she had her heart set on the Escalade....... soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo............... ..........................  the look on her face was 100% worth it........ |
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SAVED the old girl !!!!!!
Soooooo turns out the head gasket was NOT blown, the block was NOT cracked!
Seems as though the seal to the transmission fluid seal failed and that found its way to the cooling system......... wasnt a cheap fix but it wasnt unreasonable!!!!! While my wrench was in there" I had him go through it and do a complete service and get her back to the condition she has always been in.... back on the road! Then of course I'm feeling pretty happy........... and i think if the bumper and the pitting, and the 3 grills and the beating that they have taken, god it just didnt look right and seemed to be not right..... soooooooooooooooooooooooooo i fixed it. and it turned out pretty good, i think. Painted the bumper Removed and straightened the grills Painted and installed the grills Looks pretty good for a car that has 260,000 miles on it.  
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BUT wait.... there's MORE! (not in a good way!)
Soooooo Saturday night I took the wife out to eat a nice dinner... all went well, good meal, happy night.....
Walk back to the Escalade that we've had LESS THAN A MONTH........ Just to find a nice note on my windshield !!!!!!   
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03-02-2020, 10:34 AM
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So.............does your Mercedes have an alibi?
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Wholly Sheet !................... NOW THAT.... was funny. Took me a second to process it, wait what? alibi? mercedes? then the coffee shot out! Made my day ! |
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I like your old Merc, but then I am biased.
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Bummmmmmeeddddddd
So I ended up trying to restore my headlights since i repainted the bumper and the headlight lenses needed some attention
i got really close! until i applied the clear! then the job went to the birds and i am bummed............ sanded with 800 sanded with 1000 sanded with 1200 polished with compound looked AWESOME! cleaned off with rubbing alcho applied clear AND RUINED THE JOB! i am not a painter (clearly) but i got close to a nice headlight.... any have any insight as to why the clear dried like that? kinda looks cracked.    
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Not sure - but looks like a chemical residue contaminated with the clear finish. Was it recommended to use rubbing alcohol as a cleaner?
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Well not really "recommended" but I was watching a few youtube videos and they all used alcohol so I used it too. I didnt even think twice about using it.
Anyone know how long I would need to wait before sanding down that new clear and re-doing it? |
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Please find more enjoyment in cooking at home.
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Stick a LS in it and keep grinning.
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Soooooooooooooooooooooo...........
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sooooo after restoring the Passnger side WITHOUT the clear and it looking great......... i wondered if i could restore the headlights on the X5..... after eating a nice home cooked meal and thinking...... i ended up restoring the headlights on my X5 and they came out GREAT..... no clear-coat... (yet) now i am going to wait for this weeks rain to pass then i am going to re-do the driver side of the benz that got jacked with the clear coat. [img]http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads26 /Rocco_Passenger_side_PRIOR_to_restore_March_202015 83775219.jpg[/img]    it was a fun little project that cost very very very little a little elbow grease and got a nice smirk at the end....... |
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 this is how BOTH sides started...... yuckala. |
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