w123crazy
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Hi there,
A big hello to everyone on this forum.
Ive got a 230ce 1985 w123, lovely beast but has been giving me some overheating problems since I bought it.
On the motorway she's fine, stays at around 80 degrees or under. However as soon as I'm in traffic she lets me down! almost hit 120degrees yesterday.
A few points
1. I opened the thermostat container to find there's no thermostat! So previous owner must have taken it out due to the overheating.
2. When I open the engine after long distant drives, there's coolant all over the air filter spewing out from the radiator cap I think.
3. I don't have another Fan to compare this to, but have a look at the youtube video, is this normal? The fan is barely rotating and I can even stop it with my hand. This was at 80degrees. I was thinking of duct Taping the fan to the main body which is rotating ,bad idea?
4. There's a switch which has fallen out from somewhere, again it's on the youtube video, any ideas what this is for? Should I tape it down?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQAG...DvjVQa1PpcFP7kLGFnGVCpRMtFHlbOAN6wl4N6rmzulA=
Thanks for your time
A big hello to everyone on this forum.
Ive got a 230ce 1985 w123, lovely beast but has been giving me some overheating problems since I bought it.
On the motorway she's fine, stays at around 80 degrees or under. However as soon as I'm in traffic she lets me down! almost hit 120degrees yesterday.
A few points
1. I opened the thermostat container to find there's no thermostat! So previous owner must have taken it out due to the overheating.
2. When I open the engine after long distant drives, there's coolant all over the air filter spewing out from the radiator cap I think.
3. I don't have another Fan to compare this to, but have a look at the youtube video, is this normal? The fan is barely rotating and I can even stop it with my hand. This was at 80degrees. I was thinking of duct Taping the fan to the main body which is rotating ,bad idea?
4. There's a switch which has fallen out from somewhere, again it's on the youtube video, any ideas what this is for? Should I tape it down?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQAG...DvjVQa1PpcFP7kLGFnGVCpRMtFHlbOAN6wl4N6rmzulA=
Thanks for your time