What are the symptoms of an oil cooler leak?
What are the symptoms of an oil cooler leak?
If the leak is small, you may notice coolant puddling on the ground underneath your vehicle. If the leak is a large one, you will probably notice steam pouring out from under the hood of your vehicle.
What happens when the oil cooler adapter fails?
If the oil cooler adapter fails internally, you may notice engine oil in your cooling system. This happens because when the engine is running, oil pressure is greater than cooling system pressure. Oil is forced into the cooling system.
What causes an oil cooler to leak on a Mercedes?
Once the seals start to leak slowly the rate of leak will increase very fast. You may not initially get oil stains when parked as Mercedes models come with a fairly large undercarriage cover (aka belly pan) that can collect a significant amount of oil before it leaks over.
Where is the oil cooler on a sprinter?
It is underneath intake manifolds, EGR equipment, coolant lines and the turbocharger. All these items must be removed before the oil cooler can be removed. Once those other items have been removed, physically removing the oil cooler itself and replacing the seals is very easy.
If the leak is small, you may notice coolant puddling on the ground underneath your vehicle. If the leak is a large one, you will probably notice steam pouring out from under the hood of your vehicle.
If the oil cooler adapter fails internally, you may notice engine oil in your cooling system. This happens because when the engine is running, oil pressure is greater than cooling system pressure. Oil is forced into the cooling system.
Once the seals start to leak slowly the rate of leak will increase very fast. You may not initially get oil stains when parked as Mercedes models come with a fairly large undercarriage cover (aka belly pan) that can collect a significant amount of oil before it leaks over.
It is underneath intake manifolds, EGR equipment, coolant lines and the turbocharger. All these items must be removed before the oil cooler can be removed. Once those other items have been removed, physically removing the oil cooler itself and replacing the seals is very easy.
