alf1956
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- Jun 30, 2011
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- alf.marshall1956@gmail.com
- Your Mercedes
- clk270 cdi diesel
I have a Merc Clk 270cdi 2005 reg which has been parked up for a 12 month period as it has a gearbox fault which i am eventually going to get fixed & i occasionally run it around the estate where i live & start it up to keep the battery charged up & today i started the car up & let it tick over for around 20 minutes & i noticed a small leak around the top radiator hose which has been like that for many months but not a massive leak more of a drip so i took the hose off & cleaned the metal part up & re-fitted it, i then topped up the water & ran the car for a while whilst stationary on the drive & topped the water up as i had lost some with taking the top radiator hose off & then i noticed oil in the water in the header tank but what is puzzling me is that water that came out of the radiator was pure water with no oil in it at all??? Head gasket or oil cooler? I fitted a new radiator on the car 12 months ago & i have not done 1,000 miles since the radiator was fitted.