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This seems to be an overly common problem on the 123 chassis, yet I can't seem to find anyone else talking about it.
The interior color-coded plastic surrounds for the doors and hatch are all warped and buckled. Seems like every 123 I've seen that wasn't always garage kept has this problem.
My question is, what do most folks do about it? Rip it all off and leave the painted metal showing?
Hi,
My diesel is noisy at highway speed and hard acceleration. It sounds like a bad bearing somewhere. Maybe the turbo since it is linked to acceleration. How would you diagnose? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I have a 1985 300d. The torsion bar end broke off at the control arm. It is a massive job to replace the whole thing, but I understand there is an end piece with bushings that can be welded on. Anyone have experience with this? Thanks
I just bought a new heater motor because my old one would blow the fuse contuinually. Sometimes instantly, or sometimes after 20 minutes. I took it to an electric motor shop and he pointed out how it was bad- the bearing were shot, which I wasn't suprised because it had been squealing awfully since I owned the car. However, after installing the new heater motor on monday, I went out today to find that the fuse was blown. What could be causing this? It's blowing the #8 fuse (16amp) and the White AC Crossover Idle stabilization one. Is the aux pump on this?
my '79 300TD is leaking and burning oil at an alarming rate. it appears that oil is pooling in the air filter housing (the air filter itself is *drenched* in motor oil and oil is pooled in the filter housing. Also, the tablespoons of oil that pool on the pavement when the engine is hot (it doesn't leak at all overnight or when the car sits cold) are always found underneath, roughly, the air filter housing). also, the car intermittently blows a steady stream of blue smoke from the exhaust pipe that smells like burned motor oil.
I recently replaced the line that runs from the temperature sensor on the dash to the blower motor. The foam portion of the line behind the glove compartment had disintegrated. It was probably like this for many years. The blower motor or some other part of the blower is very noisy now. Any recommendations to quiet it down would be greatly appreciated.
I have been driving cross country in my 1981 240D (automatic transmission) and I find that when I am going up steep hills that I hear this loud knocking noise begin when I press the gas pedal. This noise disappears when I am on flat ground or going downhill. Is this normal? Or is this a sign of a tranny thats going out? Things seem to be operating normally apart from that. Thanks