[MBZ] Something Burnin? and Why I love my W126

[BillR]

I'm by no means an expert, but I did discover a hot spot in my SD trunk.
It's in the shop now to be rid of bad rust under the rear window, and will
also have it checked for a missing heat shield over the muffler.  Several
years ago I had a near trunk fire from some cleaning rags I left on the
trunk floor.  Gets hotter than I would like. Yours does get better mileage
than mine.  My highest has been 27+
BillR
Jacksonville   FL  
1981 300SD  EM  275k 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mercedes-bounces at striplin.net [mailto:Mercedes-bounces at striplin.net]
On Behalf Of ANGELO GIAIMO
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 10:34 AM
To: Mercedes at striplin.net
Subject: [MBZ] Something Burnin? and Why I love my W126

Hi Gang,

Did a run down to Reading PA, this weekend. Took my 1990 350 SDL w/252K on
the clock.  After about 2 hours of high-speed interstate driving, (75-80
mph) I started to smell something burning......smelled like a combination of
plastic, rubber and/oil burning.  Not really strong, but SWMBO and I both
picks up on it.  Checked for obvious leaks, fluid levels, belt, tires, etc,
found nothing unusual.  If I keep the speed down to 60-70...no smell, so I
just drove a little slower, made our destination and back home again.
Unloading the car back home, I noticed the smell in the trunk, but not the
cabin of the car!  Any clues as to where to look or what might be wrong?
I know it's a vague description, but I have to start somewhere!

This is/was the first long trip I've taken in a while with this car, so
maybe it's a problem I've had for a while.  The only stuff I recently did
was replace a bad glow plug,  a breather hose and the Boost Pressure Control
Hose on the turbo. (Should that one be something other than generic fuel
line hose?)

On a positive note, on the way home, I drove 164 miles on 5.5 gal of diesel
for 29.82 MPG.  Can't hate that.......

Angelo Giaimo/Fishkill/IBM @ IBMUS
Internet: giaimo at us.ibm.com
(845)894-4296 (tie 533); fax: 892-6235 (tie 532); 2070 Rt. 52; Hopewell
Junction, N.Y. 12533



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