tttonyyy
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- Your Mercedes
- '03 ML270 (owned from 60k miles, now on 90k+)
Hiya, I've picked up a ML270 of 2003 vintage with 60k on the clock, but it needs some attention before I can use it as a family runaround. Swirl flaps and black death onset primarily.
The threads here on removing the swirl flaps are very useful so thank you all for those.
I've got the inlet manifold off (not without some swearing) and removed the swirl flaps. They were very brittle and everything was crumbling away, unfortunately including the surrounds that insert in the manifold ports around the flaps. I can see how normally they would hold the rubber seal to prevent it deforming when clamped up against the inlet. How important is that, as I will need to make up some sort of replacement? Or can I get away without them?
The threads here on removing the swirl flaps are very useful so thank you all for those.
I've got the inlet manifold off (not without some swearing) and removed the swirl flaps. They were very brittle and everything was crumbling away, unfortunately including the surrounds that insert in the manifold ports around the flaps. I can see how normally they would hold the rubber seal to prevent it deforming when clamped up against the inlet. How important is that, as I will need to make up some sort of replacement? Or can I get away without them?