I have a 08 Merc E350 Sport Sedan.......that cabin filter was Nasty!! Not the worst, but was gross. Keep up the good work. I just replaced a Front SAM unit in my 08 E350 after previous owner had a "thermal issue" Eg: Cracked windshield cowl, water intrusion..........I love Mercedes and working on them.....Keep up the good work.....Cheers from Ohio...............
Thank you for watching Chris, front sam is very common on Mercedes, i have a few videos on them on the channel where water gets in and corrodes them badly until they start draining the battery or stuff just simply wont work, and no matter where mercedes puts the front sam, water still finds a way inside 😂
You are asking what the silvery material is? I would say that it's sludge. If the engine hasn't had an oil change for 6.5 years that's the least I would expect to see. Good to see that it isn't the black treacle like substance you'd normally expect to see after such neglect. I have never run an engine that long without an oil change.
dude you put sea fome in the gas tank and a flush in your oil? that's scary. Have you considered moving the TCU off the engine to the left Fuse box area? There are kits to extend the harness so that engine heat doesn't damage the TCU. Great video. Let me know if you want to come to a Benz meetup in NJ.
Why would you consider the sea foam and engine flush as scary? The sea foam is a fuel additive which i like to add every pil change to my vehicles, and the engine flush us good to do to remove engine deposits you just cant overdue it. Thank you for the information on the tch harness kit, i was not aware of that, i will look into it. Let me know where the meetups are at, that would be cool
the oil additives reduce the effectiveness of the oil and residual material remains in the engine after you change the oil which affects the next batch of oil. it may be a last ditch effort on cheaper older engines like a 1970s GM v8 but not on this kind of engine. maybe flushing one more time with a cheaper oil could make it less risky.
Thanl you for your input, i do dissagree on the engine flush reducing engine effectiveness, the can i used was for 3-5 liter engine size, meaning i didnt dilute the oil enough for it to be too concentrated. Have you personally had any bad stories with engine flushes?
The engine flush is basically kerosene ,,Kerosene is a degreaser ,,Its used very effectively by mechanics to clean Soot Geease,,And Engine Oil deposits on engine parts,,,Kerosene ,,Like petrol has not only no lubrication property's ,,But mixed with oil ,,Even in tiny quantitys in a spinning bearing as an example ,,Would quickly nullify the lubricity of the oil and destroy the bearing,,The comment above is correct,,When engine flush is used it causes damage to bearings,Races,Cam ,And Crank journals ,,But minuet damage,,If repeatadly used many times,,Engine flush will eventually destroy your engine,,When you use engine flush and then put new oil in after the flush has been taken out,,There is residual flush left over in your engine,,So your new oil will be contaminated ,,The one thing I don't understand with people who use engine flush is they put the flush in with the old black oil ,,And think it's going to do a good job cleaning the engine internally ,,,,It makes no sense ,,,,,,If you are going to use flush,,Use it with a new cheap oil,,You will get much better results,,,,,But if you want to clean out your engine the right way,,Use a good quality ATF,,,,ATF has excellent lubricity ,,Probably better than engine oil,,,,But it's additive package is incredible ,,,The detergents in ATF are much better than any engine oil on the market,,,,Its compleatly safe to run in your engine for short amounts of time and once your not driving the car,,,,It has excellent lubricity ,,Excellent cleaning detergents,,And when you drain it out after cleaning your engine ,,You don't have to worry about residual ATF being left behind,,
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I have a 08 Merc E350 Sport Sedan.......that cabin filter was Nasty!! Not the worst, but was gross. Keep up the good work. I just replaced a Front SAM unit in my 08 E350 after previous owner had a "thermal issue" Eg: Cracked windshield cowl, water intrusion..........I love Mercedes and working on them.....Keep up the good work.....Cheers from Ohio...............
Thank you for watching Chris, front sam is very common on Mercedes, i have a few videos on them on the channel where water gets in and corrodes them badly until they start draining the battery or stuff just simply wont work, and no matter where mercedes puts the front sam, water still finds a way inside 😂
From Durban, South Africa, I also have one, same model and year. Major problems is with the coil packs.
You are asking what the silvery material is? I would say that it's sludge. If the engine hasn't had an oil change for 6.5 years that's the least I would expect to see. Good to see that it isn't the black treacle like substance you'd normally expect to see after such neglect. I have never run an engine that long without an oil change.
I agree with you, at least it was not sludge, should be fine once i do the oil change a few times, thanky you for watching
Awesome video !
SIL got a ford focus. Zero issues in 10 yrs. But he is slow to change oil. I do it once a year as he drives
I always like to stay at 5,000 Miles
dude you put sea fome in the gas tank and a flush in your oil? that's scary. Have you considered moving the TCU off the engine to the left Fuse box area? There are kits to extend the harness so that engine heat doesn't damage the TCU. Great video. Let me know if you want to come to a Benz meetup in NJ.
Why would you consider the sea foam and engine flush as scary? The sea foam is a fuel additive which i like to add every pil change to my vehicles, and the engine flush us good to do to remove engine deposits you just cant overdue it.
Thank you for the information on the tch harness kit, i was not aware of that, i will look into it.
Let me know where the meetups are at, that would be cool
the oil additives reduce the effectiveness of the oil and residual material remains in the engine after you change the oil which affects the next batch of oil. it may be a last ditch effort on cheaper older engines like a 1970s GM v8 but not on this kind of engine. maybe flushing one more time with a cheaper oil could make it less risky.
Thanl you for your input, i do dissagree on the engine flush reducing engine effectiveness, the can i used was for 3-5 liter engine size, meaning i didnt dilute the oil enough for it to be too concentrated. Have you personally had any bad stories with engine flushes?
The engine flush is basically kerosene ,,Kerosene is a degreaser ,,Its used very effectively by mechanics to clean Soot Geease,,And Engine Oil deposits on engine parts,,,Kerosene ,,Like petrol has not only no lubrication property's ,,But mixed with oil ,,Even in tiny quantitys in a spinning bearing as an example ,,Would quickly nullify the lubricity of the oil and destroy the bearing,,The comment above is correct,,When engine flush is used it causes damage to bearings,Races,Cam ,And Crank journals ,,But minuet damage,,If repeatadly used many times,,Engine flush will eventually destroy your engine,,When you use engine flush and then put new oil in after the flush has been taken out,,There is residual flush left over in your engine,,So your new oil will be contaminated ,,The one thing I don't understand with people who use engine flush is they put the flush in with the old black oil ,,And think it's going to do a good job cleaning the engine internally ,,,,It makes no sense ,,,,,,If you are going to use flush,,Use it with a new cheap oil,,You will get much better results,,,,,But if you want to clean out your engine the right way,,Use a good quality ATF,,,,ATF has excellent lubricity ,,Probably better than engine oil,,,,But it's additive package is incredible ,,,The detergents in ATF are much better than any engine oil on the market,,,,Its compleatly safe to run in your engine for short amounts of time and once your not driving the car,,,,It has excellent lubricity ,,Excellent cleaning detergents,,And when you drain it out after cleaning your engine ,,You don't have to worry about residual ATF being left behind,,
Thank you for taking the time to write that, i will take that into account for the future.
Arent you supposed to change oil after running seafoam not before?
I ran the seafoam through the fuel system and not through the engine, therefore it doesent affect the engine oil.
The oil still looked brown ergo bad oil or just a very good engine. bad oil and bad engine? lol