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Car Forum / Mercedes-Benz Cars / September 2006

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jimcollins123 - 05 Sep 2006 07:22 GMT
I have a 1987 W126 with 60K miles and I am a little concerned. The
temperature gauge indicates about halfway between 80 and 100 which I
imagine is 90. My previous experience with MBs was that the gauge never
got in that range unless sitting in traffic on a hot day.  Weather has
not been hot (UK) and the traffic has been moving. Am I worrying
unnecessarily?
Oil and Water levels are as they should be and engines runs nicely.
Any advice would be welcome
Thanks
Jim
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Roland Franzius - 05 Sep 2006 13:57 GMT
jimcollins123 schrieb:
> I have a 1987 W126 with 60K miles and I am a little concerned. The
> temperature gauge indicates about halfway between 80 and 100 which I
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> Oil and Water levels are as they should be and engines runs nicely.
> Any advice would be welcome

Change belts and thermostat, its time anyway.

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Ken - 05 Sep 2006 21:30 GMT
> jimcollins123 schrieb:
> > I have a 1987 W126 with 60K miles and I am a little concerned. The
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> Roland Franzius

You might check the radiator for any little leaks and (as it's a bit on
the older side) look into the possibility that the radiator has some of
it's interior tubes plugged up...K
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Grungedude - 07 Sep 2006 01:06 GMT
You need a new radiator.  The temperature will only get higher and higher as
time goes by.  This happened on my 1990 126; after wasting money on a
thermostat, water pump, temperature sender and fan clutch, it turned out to
be a bad radiator.  Check out the following link for more info:

http://www.thebenzbin.com/overheating.html

>> jimcollins123 schrieb:
>> > I have a 1987 W126 with 60K miles and I am a little concerned. The
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> the older side) look into the possibility that the radiator has some of
> it's interior tubes plugged up...K
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