[W126 Coupe] Coolant Leak

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Mike,

My mb mechanic told me $250.00 was as cheap as he would go, it's a royal pain in the posterior. While your in there the short hose and thermostat and gaskets as well. My old gto was easy, this is a nasty job.. good luck.

Mike.

>From: "Mike R." <mramay at att.biz>
>Date: Mon Jan 30 11:54:09 CST 2006
>To: 'Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists' <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
>Subject: RE: Re: [W126 Coupe] Coolant Leak

>The fan clutch took me ten minutes to R&R. Sounds like it's a difficult
>thing for the water pump though. If the harmonic balancer has to come off,
>then it sounds like the radiator has to come out too. No fun here.
>
>Later,
>Mike R.
>(702) 494-8056
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com]
>On Behalf Of Shayegan, Richard
>Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 7:35 AM
>To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
>Subject: RE: Re: [W126 Coupe] Coolant Leak
>
>You might want to check with your mechanic what they would charge to do
>it (i.e. it might be cheaper than you think). From what he told me, it's
>not hard, but tedious, and involves everything the service manuals say
>it does. I looked at it, considered what a PITA it would be for me to do
>it, especially considering it was (and is) winter, and it was just
>better to let him do it for a few hundred bucks (I don't have my
>receipts with me but I think it was like $300-400 in labor). You might
>want to check the fan clutch while you're there and replace that at the
>same time.
>Richard 
>
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