FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! please everyone reading this comment remember to replace the O ring that sits on the EGR cooler under the manifold. I did this job with my ol' man and after a long time putting it all back together the engine coolant was pissing out the bottom so we had to start all over again from the beginning 😭😭😭 learn from our mistake and purchase that seal!!!
I think its better to own and maintain 220 cdi 150 ps, very simple , reliable and more economic engine ! V6 is a pain in the ass and big waste of time and money, just some my opinion !
@@joesaric1 ive owned my chrysler 300c v6 CRD for few years now and i still love it. Ive replaced all the common faults including the broken gear shift plastic hook and these bastard seals, i would do it all again to keep it running. The engine has 180k on it and sounds sweet as a nut. I abuse it on race days and have nitrous running through the things a tank
There is a kit out there, can't remember from whom, that has all the seals for everything. I THINK it might be IDparts, but I bought it when I did mine and it was well worth the piece of mind to replace them all...
@@trentcarlson4857 i was extremely disheartened. Was off road for weeks and weeks waiting on a coupler joint for the mani's. I was balling about in a KA... finally got all back together and that happened... square fucking one. Gluing them poxy swirl motor clips back together... nightmare.
Mate I respect your patience but honestly I will never ever buy a new Mercedes only I keep OM606 I gave up with Mercedes new engine faulty technology with all my respect. Thank you so much for your Video Mate u are a legend 🫡 Cheers Matt
Hi merc man ive changed more than 30 sets of oil cooler seals mainly on w164's. I leave the thermostat housing on taking the long bolt out and leave the swirl pot motor attached to one half of the manifold. Disconnecting at one point towards the turbo, makes it slightly easier. Best time 5.5 hours drive in then road test all parts ready to go including brake cleaning oil down. Some do take longer, bolts on turbo and egr need to be changed other wise they have a greater chance of snapping for the next guy. Like your clip simple piece by piece break up. 😉
Hi buddy Do you normally just replace the seals and reuse the old oil cooler or you install a new cooler every time? Just about to order the parts as I am planning to do this job in the next 2 weeks. Thanks in advance.
Essential video, original style, very well done. It doesn't go into the details of how to dismantle the individual parts, but gives a quick overall idea of the work to be done, what will need to be dismantled step by step.
Great video. Thumps up from my side. Thank you for sharing. But please also add important information's for all watchers. 1. be careful at the moment where you are removing the turbo-holder. At time 3:33. There is a hole which goes directly to the motor-center. It is the oil channel of the turbo. If there some dirty stuff falls in, then you are risking a motor damage. Be sensible and clean it carefully immediately. And close with paper towels the hole before you proceed. 2. after you are done, please make an oil change before starting the motor. Water and dirty stuff is mixing through the oil holes under the oil-cooler. I got a lot information's where after this oil-cleaner change the motor got damaged through this dirt-water stuff. If you are done with the change of the oil-cooler and oil+oilfilter, then you should release a plug of motor electric and give some start tries to turn the motor/pump and so on. After several turns, plug the removed cable back. Start the motor and of course delete the occurred error message in obd. These are just my hints for the community in yt ;) Wish to all much success...
if i could add one comment other than nice clear vid , one tip id add is when reinstalling intakes loosely install the bolts into the egr to exhaust flange shown at 2;48 in this video before you tighten down the bolts for the right hand intake manifold to save many stressful attempts to line up the bolt holes after the fact.
Just wow. I wish I could make a UA-cam car DIY video half as good as this 🤣. This is by all accounts a pain the backside job to do on these engines - however your instructional video is so good that makes it look doable (if I weren't so lazy these days). Subscribed, great channel - keep it up!
Wow, I've just bought an S Class with this engine, 47,000 miles. I hope I don't need this doing 😩...what a job, kudos 👏 to you though for being able to do it, ...let's put it this way, if it needs doing in the future I might bring it to you ...
Nice Video Mate. Wish I'd seen it before pulling the box and sump and then realising it cam from higher up, had her stripped in 2 hrs thanks to you. Bit longer back together. Thanks for taking the time to make the Vid.
Loved your vid, stumbled across this page while researching for the first one I've finished and completed today. Glow 1x glow plug connector broke on me "dammit" . Wish i had seen this earlier :) Never mind. Well done.
I changed mine about a year ago. From what I read, they said that the orange ones were used up until 2009 and the 2010 and newer models had the purple ones. That was not the case. My 2010 had the orange ones and oil everywhere! Thanks to a Malone tune, everything works well and the seals have been replaced.
fantastic video. I have to change my oil cooler and was wondering if I tackle it myself or fork out thousands for someone else. I was able to follow your steps so I feel a bit more confident about doing it Thanks
Perfect. One thing to add, change your thermostat and any other perishable seals like egr seal at same time. Don't forget the injector seals.... Replace those old copper seals too.
Remember to be very clean and before removing the turbo pipe or oil cooler to clean all the sand and debris. If you don’t sand or debris could find its way above the crankshaft bearing and seize the engine.. i have seen it happen when i worked for mercedes a few years ago.
Awesome Job, awesome video. Shortly and informative. I dont understand not so much(english) but i think man dont need the language for the work ;) Grettings from germany.
Great video! I'm wondering how long does the fix last and have you seen any OM642 leaking again after replacing the seals? I'm viewing an 2012 ML350 this weekend and it has had the same issue and Mercedes fixed it with Mercedes parts in 2018. Mercedes replaced the oil cooler seal (MA642 188 05 80), oil cooler sing (MA642 180 01 65), and bunch of other gaskets. And looks like the Mercedes parts have defects and would not last long, I'm worried that the oil leak will happen again on the car I'm viewing in a few years. Thanks!
Oh boy ! Mercedes and BMW are Kings when it comes to this ! Plastic in your engine worn out ?? No problem, the part only costs 30 quid, then there's the grand to fit it, plus vat !
That does not look like a diy project, at least not one I would ever tackle. I think those orange seals are rubber and the purple ones are neoprene. That should be a lifetime fix. That diesel sounds so sweet. I would love to have one again instead of my 01 e320.
An additional oil separator with crankcase gases must be installed on these motors. The engine will live longer, swirl flaps and particulate filter . На эти моторы надо ставить дополнительно сепаратор картерных газов с возвратом масла. Двигатель дольше проживёт , вихревые заслонки и сажевый фильтр.
Hi do you know of any products or companies that do this modification as a bolt on unit? Are you talking about a oil catch can/ breather type of mod? Thanks for the info too.
Can you please list all the other gaskets that you replaced? One is manifold. What are the other ones? I will be doing this repair next week. Thank you!
Hello great video, I had a question: How did you cleaned the oil off. Ive replaced the oil coolers seals but i haven’t found a solution to clean all that oil out.
Hi @mercman, I believe I have this problem on my E350d. Are you based around South East London? Or do you know any garages that will fix this in the area? How much do you estimate the cost would be ?
As u can see there is tones of work to do. For mechanics, they don't wanna take any risks of a bad cooler and also they need to make money from parts. TBH,I believe the main reason is they don't wanna take risk doing all of these shit again and if it's mechanic's own car they would change the cooler as well. Time is money.
From the video it's not that hard,I'm doing it right now,I know how it feels like. There is also a huge risk to damage other parts. Pretty frustrating.
Thanks for showing what it looks like from below, before you dig in. Helps to diagnose. Are there other ways to know for sure it's the oil cooler leaking before you dive in?
Just do the obvious. Remove the rubber grommet on the bell housing of the gearbox to see inside there if it's a crank seal. Check the silicone seals on the inlet to the turbo and from the PCV valve to the inlet. They leak oil onto the swirl flap motor and short it out, blowing fuses and throwing codes. This oil will eventually drip between the engine in the same place as the oil cooler but wont be enough to overflow into the weep hole on the side of the block. General rule of thumb with these - it's the oil cooler seal.
MB f*cked it up big time on this model. The leak does not stop until you replace the gaskets with the upgraded purple viton type. This tells you that MB acknowledges the issue but refuses eat the cost. The purple gaskets themselves are $5 each but the entire gasket kit is $105 retail at MB parts store. The local dealer charges 15-18hrs of labour, $240 per/hr being the current rate. This issue occurred on my 55k miles driven E350 Bluetec, its sad the owners have to pay for it. Otherwise, this is a good car and a good engine. This is an easy but time consuming job, however its doable by a DIY'er.
Did you know that the core problem is that the orange silicone rubber gaskets are incompatible with the diesel oil? I first noticed this when replacing the turbo inlet seal after only a year and I could rip it with my fingers. Mercedes replaced it twice at 100 000 and 200 000 km. I also had oils leaks on the vacuum pump that has the same rubber gaskets
Thanks for the video, it was very good Question: is there anything someone can do to prevent (or reduce the chance) needing to replace those seals? Perhaps a different oil? I've got a 2007 R class with the OM642 engine. it has 215,000km, it gets an oil change service every 5,000km, using 5w-40. It hasn't had a problem (knock on wood). Thank you :)
Hi Ali, from my knowledge and experience these seals perish due to heat and where they are located, so i don’t think there is anything you can do to prevent it, the new seals however are modified to last much longer so the only cure is to change the seals..
@@mercmantips That's a shame. I've read about a ton of common issues with the OM642, including the oil drip from the turbo inlet, but I've solved that by installing a catch can. Makes me wonder how effective R&D was for this engine 😂. I guess I'll have to keep hoping nothing happens anytime soon. thank you (subbed)
MercMan Tips damn! 😂 i love the w164 shape believe it is half good engine once all small errors fixed? Do you find remapping these much better performance wise? Motorway etc take off
Hi MercMan, I thought Mercedes knew about this problem way before 2012 and have had been using the purple seals ever since. Do you think the 2014, w166 series OM642 would have already been modified?
Hi, when you order the seals from mercedes they only supply the purple ones, you cant get the orange ones no more, i have done a 2014 c class W204 OM642 and they had the orange seals, so i think your W166 will have orange too..
Awesome video thanks. Where can I find a good torque spec for putting it all back together and all the torque specs for that? Do any of the shop manuals do a good job explaining the repair? You video does a great job explaining how to get to the seals but Im guessing you just didn’t have time to do the full video.
Are you UK based? What is the main cause for them to go in the end i have slight leak now, can it leak around engine sump? Or is it mainly by gearbox as you said?
Hi there where are you located? I have a Chrysler 300c crd 2006 with the V6 Mercedes engine and have the oil leak problem but can’t find anyone to do the job for me, I would like to come and see you about doing the job, regards Ergun
Probably one of the best car repair videos I’ve seen, love the format of “show and do” simple but effective
Great video, am almost complete on doing a 2011 vito van, there is a few different things, but what a big job. 👌
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! please everyone reading this comment remember to replace the O ring that sits on the EGR cooler under the manifold. I did this job with my ol' man and after a long time putting it all back together the engine coolant was pissing out the bottom so we had to start all over again from the beginning 😭😭😭 learn from our mistake and purchase that seal!!!
I think its better to own and maintain 220 cdi 150 ps, very simple , reliable and more economic engine ! V6 is a pain in the ass and big waste of time and money, just some my opinion !
@@joesaric1 ive owned my chrysler 300c v6 CRD for few years now and i still love it. Ive replaced all the common faults including the broken gear shift plastic hook and these bastard seals, i would do it all again to keep it running. The engine has 180k on it and sounds sweet as a nut. I abuse it on race days and have nitrous running through the things a tank
There is a kit out there, can't remember from whom, that has all the seals for everything. I THINK it might be IDparts, but I bought it when I did mine and it was well worth the piece of mind to replace them all...
I would puke. This might be one of the worst jobs i have performed.
@@trentcarlson4857 i was extremely disheartened. Was off road for weeks and weeks waiting on a coupler joint for the mani's. I was balling about in a KA... finally got all back together and that happened... square fucking one. Gluing them poxy swirl motor clips back together... nightmare.
This is the best approach so far. Thank you for posting this video.
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Mate I respect your patience but honestly I will never ever buy a new Mercedes only I keep OM606 I gave up with Mercedes new engine faulty technology with all my respect.
Thank you so much for your Video Mate u are a legend 🫡
Cheers
Matt
Hi merc man ive changed more than 30 sets of oil cooler seals mainly on w164's. I leave the thermostat housing on taking the long bolt out and leave the swirl pot motor attached to one half of the manifold. Disconnecting at one point towards the turbo, makes it slightly easier. Best time 5.5 hours drive in then road test all parts ready to go including brake cleaning oil down. Some do take longer, bolts on turbo and egr need to be changed other wise they have a greater chance of snapping for the next guy. Like your clip simple piece by piece break up. 😉
Thanks for the info sash, i will try your way next time 👍
where are you located any chance you can do my 2009 ml320
how much?
@@elpimpi7135 Australia victoria
Hi buddy
Do you normally just replace the seals and reuse the old oil cooler or you install a new cooler every time? Just about to order the parts as I am planning to do this job in the next 2 weeks. Thanks in advance.
Are you mechanic bro or ?
This is exactly what I needed!!! Thank you so much. The editing was perfect to, straight to the point! Cheers mate
Great video still can't believe all this work to change a couple of oil cooler seals. Mercedes engineers.
😂
Imagine if they had just used the right seal material from the start.
See i told everyone those engines weren't that scary...Thanks great informative tutorial im waiting on a gasket kit now...
Essential video, original style, very well done. It doesn't go into the details of how to dismantle the individual parts, but gives a quick overall idea of the work to be done, what will need to be dismantled step by step.
Great video. Thumps up from my side. Thank you for sharing.
But please also add important information's for all watchers.
1. be careful at the moment where you are removing the turbo-holder.
At time 3:33. There is a hole which goes directly to the motor-center. It is the oil channel of the turbo. If there some dirty stuff falls in, then you are risking a motor damage. Be sensible and clean it carefully immediately. And close with paper towels the hole before you proceed.
2. after you are done, please make an oil change before starting the motor. Water and dirty stuff is mixing through the oil holes under the oil-cooler. I got a lot information's where after this oil-cleaner change the motor got damaged through this dirt-water stuff.
If you are done with the change of the oil-cooler and oil+oilfilter, then you should release a plug of motor electric and give some start tries to turn the motor/pump and so on. After several turns, plug the removed cable back. Start the motor and of course delete the occurred error message in obd.
These are just my hints for the community in yt ;)
Wish to all much success...
Wow! Thanks for making this video. I see why the mechanic is charging 10 hrs of labour for a GLE 350 blutec.
Amazing skills!
Great help. In the middle of this job for the first time and this just what I needed !!
Definately best video about oil cooler Seals.
Thanks For the support and comment James, please subscribe if you have not already
James Parus agreed
Wow 👍that’s a big job for a couple of seals, and by your collection you’ve certainly done a few! Thx for doing the video.
JUST an observation, lot os oil on the turbo intake, need new breather valve and watch out for blow by.
GREAT VIDEO
if i could add one comment other than nice clear vid , one tip id add is when reinstalling intakes loosely install the bolts into the egr to exhaust flange shown at 2;48 in this video before you tighten down the bolts for the right hand intake manifold to save many stressful attempts to line up the bolt holes after the fact.
Excellent job mate I was confused from two day I changed the main seal because of this leakage but now tomorrow I ll do this job regards
i have do the same
I wish i had superpowers like you. :))) touching parts to remove them and 1 single touch to reassemble everything.
Lol
Just wow. I wish I could make a UA-cam car DIY video half as good as this 🤣. This is by all accounts a pain the backside job to do on these engines - however your instructional video is so good that makes it look doable (if I weren't so lazy these days). Subscribed, great channel - keep it up!
Real Craftsmanship. ✌️
With the rigth tools and passion everything can be done ❤
Nice old sealing collection! Kind of trophys (-:
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yep, loved it too!
Reminded me of old western movies with Indian showing scalps
✌️
Great video! Anyone looking to buy a used 3.0 diesel should watch this then ask the owner if the service has been done.
Actually, you can look at the leak with a flash light at a certain angle inside the "V" valley without unbolting a single fastener.
Wow, I've just bought an S Class with this engine, 47,000 miles. I hope I don't need this doing 😩...what a job, kudos 👏 to you though for being able to do it, ...let's put it this way, if it needs doing in the future I might bring it to you ...
Super Super Super Video. Dankeschön für die informative Teilung und Ihre Erfahrungen. Respekt 👏👏👏👍🤙
Anlamiyorum kardes, ya ingilizce ya turkce 😅
@@mercmantips 😂 çok güzel açıklayıcı bir paylaşım olmuş. Elinize emeğinize sağlık . Teşekkürler
Nice Video Mate. Wish I'd seen it before pulling the box and sump and then realising it cam from higher up, had her stripped in 2 hrs thanks to you. Bit longer back together. Thanks for taking the time to make the Vid.
I have a cls320 with the same problem... on july i will start to fix this problem. Thank you for this video, great job.
Did you plan it to do it yourself?
Loved your vid, stumbled across this page while researching for the first one I've finished and completed today. Glow 1x glow plug connector broke on me "dammit" . Wish i had seen this earlier :) Never mind. Well done.
This is a brilliant step by step video. Very good work and thank you for sharing.
Hey man! Love your vids. Keep up the good work. When the opportunity strikes, maybe a video on OM 651 timing chain replacement. Cheers!
I changed mine about a year ago. From what I read, they said that the orange ones were used up until 2009 and the 2010 and newer models had the purple ones. That was not the case. My 2010 had the orange ones and oil everywhere! Thanks to a Malone tune, everything works well and the seals have been replaced.
I have done 2014 models with the orange seals so defo not true!
can you make a video how you rebuild it step by step :) very nice work i love your Videos Thumbs up for you
What do you mean $1500 in labor??!?! Its a 9 minute youtube video!!! Great work!
Oh my! That’s more than I would be confident to try and do myself! But thanks for the video 👍🏻
omg thank you man ive been working on this all day and couldnt even figure out how to undo the turbo! Probs to you
fantastic video. I have to change my oil cooler and was wondering if I tackle it myself or fork out thousands for someone else. I was able to follow your steps so I feel a bit more confident about doing it Thanks
Great job mate,very helpful for the e350 owners.Let me gues,the seals probably not expensive,but to much work to get them changed!
I had that same breakdown 4 years ago with 170,000 km and my mechanic changed my oil radiator because he said that they went bad and were oval.
Perfect. One thing to add, change your thermostat and any other perishable seals like egr seal at same time. Don't forget the injector seals.... Replace those old copper seals too.
Great video! That's what I'm looking for. Well done buddy! Thank you and keep doin your job like this.
and here’s me thinking that doing N57 oil cooler gaskets are a nightmare 😂
Thank you so much, got my MOT coming and its dripping XD
Had these done on my s350 last year at main dealer £1200 they better have put them purple seals in 🤞🏽
dealerships only use the OEM parts to yield prescribed life span.
Hows it been?
Mobile Disco Wirral spot on mate put 100,000 more on it since 👍🏽
Merc500 jesus wow amazing believe always change fuel filter alot to while your getting oil? I like the w164 shape loads
Mobile Disco Wirral cars now on 275,000 miles change oil every 8,000 it’s a working car all motorway miles 👍🏽
Excellent video! So glad I ditched my Grand Cherokee WK before I had to do this job!!!
This issue with the factory seals is only for 2010 or older built om642 engines.
Man, you are God. Thank you for the video,
for each of them :)
Thank you for your comments 🙏
Remember to be very clean and before removing the turbo pipe or oil cooler to clean all the sand and debris. If you don’t sand or debris could find its way above the crankshaft bearing and seize the engine.. i have seen it happen when i worked for mercedes a few years ago.
this is the best video i have seen greets
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Subscribed already .
Lots of information .
Thanks .
Fecking magic hands that just undo the bolts and nuts just like tha Must be Tommy Cooper!
Awesome Job, awesome video. Shortly and informative. I dont understand not so much(english) but i think man dont need the language for the work ;)
Grettings from germany.
Great video! I'm wondering how long does the fix last and have you seen any OM642 leaking again after replacing the seals? I'm viewing an 2012 ML350 this weekend and it has had the same issue and Mercedes fixed it with Mercedes parts in 2018. Mercedes replaced the oil cooler seal (MA642 188 05 80), oil cooler sing (MA642 180 01 65), and bunch of other gaskets. And looks like the Mercedes parts have defects and would not last long, I'm worried that the oil leak will happen again on the car I'm viewing in a few years. Thanks!
Had mine replaced in 2013 on an OM642 CDI. Still dry in 9/2021.
Replaced mine in 2020 and it started ti leak again one week ago 😔
@@Mr.DIY.S.S.C could be seals that got fit unproperly during replacement
NIce video, and very helpfull thaaanks!!
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Oh boy ! Mercedes and BMW are Kings when it comes to this ! Plastic in your engine worn out ?? No problem, the part only costs 30 quid, then there's the grand to fit it, plus vat !
I need my seals replacing, how much does this guy charge to do the job, ill travel happily to get it done
did you ever find out ?
@@fctuning i just had mine done last week - paid £1200 at my local garage
That does not look like a diy project, at least not one I would ever tackle.
I think those orange seals are rubber and the purple ones are neoprene. That should be a lifetime fix.
That diesel sounds so sweet. I would love to have one again instead of my 01 e320.
An additional oil separator with crankcase gases must be installed on these motors.
The engine will live longer, swirl flaps and particulate filter .
На эти моторы надо ставить дополнительно сепаратор картерных газов с возвратом масла.
Двигатель дольше проживёт , вихревые заслонки и сажевый фильтр.
Hi do you know of any products or companies that do this modification as a bolt on unit? Are you talking about a oil catch can/ breather type of mod? Thanks for the info too.
Awesome video! Useful! Needs just list of gaskets in description.
Excellent video
Respect!!! Insane how much work :/
Best video , thanks for this bro
Love the new intro!
Great video. This is the second video that I watched today about this oil cooler. It seems scary this kind of job.
Those trophies though. *shiver*
Can you please list all the other gaskets that you replaced?
One is manifold. What are the other ones?
I will be doing this repair next week. Thank you!
Hello great video, I had a question: How did you cleaned the oil off. Ive replaced the oil coolers seals but i haven’t found a solution to clean all that oil out.
Hi @mercman, I believe I have this problem on my E350d. Are you based around South East London? Or do you know any garages that will fix this in the area? How much do you estimate the cost would be ?
Excellent video! Thank you!
Question: Is there any reason to also replace the cooler itself when changing the seals?
As u can see there is tones of work to do. For mechanics, they don't wanna take any risks of a bad cooler and also they need to make money from parts. TBH,I believe the main reason is they don't wanna take risk doing all of these shit again and if it's mechanic's own car they would change the cooler as well. Time is money.
From the video it's not that hard,I'm doing it right now,I know how it feels like. There is also a huge risk to damage other parts. Pretty frustrating.
Can you share the torque specs for this job? Much appreciated.
I’ve been looking for the same info.
I usually tighten until they strip, then back off a quarter turn.
Great job on vid. Have mine apart for this same leak on Gl320. Not a fun job and the clean up on the intake runners and ports suck.
Love the trophy collection of seals :) Where are you based mate ?
Thank you it's great Job 👍👍👍
Doing my first tomorrow great help thanks
Love the video! Dreading the day I need to do this in my Jeep.
jesus that really is a massive job
Great video unfortunately i have the same problem on my c 320 cdi i hope garage can fix it
Thanks for showing what it looks like from below, before you dig in. Helps to diagnose. Are there other ways to know for sure it's the oil cooler leaking before you dive in?
Just do the obvious.
Remove the rubber grommet on the bell housing of the gearbox to see inside there if it's a crank seal.
Check the silicone seals on the inlet to the turbo and from the PCV valve to the inlet. They leak oil onto the swirl flap motor and short it out, blowing fuses and throwing codes. This oil will eventually drip between the engine in the same place as the oil cooler but wont be enough to overflow into the weep hole on the side of the block.
General rule of thumb with these - it's the oil cooler seal.
Cool. Mine has same problem. It must take a day to do it all.
Excellent video. Thank you very much.
MB f*cked it up big time on this model. The leak does not stop until you replace the gaskets with the upgraded purple viton type. This tells you that MB acknowledges the issue but refuses eat the cost. The purple gaskets themselves are $5 each but the entire gasket kit is $105 retail at MB parts store. The local dealer charges 15-18hrs of labour, $240 per/hr being the current rate. This issue occurred on my 55k miles driven E350 Bluetec, its sad the owners have to pay for it. Otherwise, this is a good car and a good engine. This is an easy but time consuming job, however its doable by a DIY'er.
Professional videos, thanks
Did you know that the core problem is that the orange silicone rubber gaskets are incompatible with the diesel oil? I first noticed this when replacing the turbo inlet seal after only a year and I could rip it with my fingers. Mercedes replaced it twice at 100 000 and 200 000 km. I also had oils leaks on the vacuum pump that has the same rubber gaskets
You made it look easy 👊🏾
Amazing amount of work. How long does the job usually take?
MB bills this as a 12 hour job. Definitely doesn't take 12 hours, but can range widely depending on skill level.
Thank you so much .. from malawi
Thanks for the video, it was very good
Question: is there anything someone can do to prevent (or reduce the chance) needing to replace those seals? Perhaps a different oil?
I've got a 2007 R class with the OM642 engine. it has 215,000km, it gets an oil change service every 5,000km, using 5w-40. It hasn't had a problem (knock on wood).
Thank you :)
Hi Ali, from my knowledge and experience these seals perish due to heat and where they are located, so i don’t think there is anything you can do to prevent it, the new seals however are modified to last much longer so the only cure is to change the seals..
@@mercmantips
That's a shame. I've read about a ton of common issues with the OM642, including the oil drip from the turbo inlet, but I've solved that by installing a catch can. Makes me wonder how effective R&D was for this engine 😂. I guess I'll have to keep hoping nothing happens anytime soon.
thank you (subbed)
MercMan Tips damn! 😂 i love the w164 shape believe it is half good engine once all small errors fixed? Do you find remapping these much better performance wise? Motorway etc take off
Super Job Respekt
MercMan, where is your shop or you have a website for your shop? I need to bring my ML350 Bluetec to you for this.
Great video, what is the cost to do this job?
Hi MercMan, I thought Mercedes knew about this problem way before 2012 and have had been using the purple seals ever since. Do you think the 2014, w166 series OM642 would have already been modified?
Hi, when you order the seals from mercedes they only supply the purple ones, you cant get the orange ones no more, i have done a 2014 c class W204 OM642 and they had the orange seals, so i think your W166 will have orange too..
MercMan Tips naughty isnt it! Shame ! Found out they make them in alabama! Have you done any w166 yet? Might aswell keep my w164
MercMan Tips do you have any contact or name of garage you work in ease
Awesome video thanks. Where can I find a good torque spec for putting it all back together and all the torque specs for that? Do any of the shop manuals do a good job explaining the repair? You video does a great job explaining how to get to the seals but Im guessing you just didn’t have time to do the full video.
Are you UK based? What is the main cause for them to go in the end i have slight leak now, can it leak around engine sump? Or is it mainly by gearbox as you said?
Hi there where are you located? I have a Chrysler 300c crd 2006 with the V6 Mercedes engine and have the oil leak problem but can’t find anyone to do the job for me, I would like to come and see you about doing the job, regards Ergun
Would advice you drain oil and coolant first
Hi MercMan Tips ! Great job , need this things changed on my car Where You located? Wonder how much time it take for this job ?
Great channel mate love the vids 👍
Stright up all experience. But information or info from the start. Audio. ?
Are you for real all this experience ???
Wow amazaing video
I need this on mine. What does it cost to do this? Great video and liked the style.
Who’s also here for the hand signals 🤣🤣
Glad you love them hand signals
This is the best vid on UA-cam showing this is, subscribed.
How much would you charge to do this on my 2008 E320cdi please?