[R129 SL] overheating

[gregorio at weststargroup.net]

My 1991 500 SL does the same thing but only on very hot days, and only if 
I'm sitting in stop & go traffic for long periods of time.  Never had an 
"over" heating problem, but still get a little nervous when it gets close to 
the red!  On the flipside, I had a 400E that never got hot - even when I ran 
it thru the 110 degree desert at 90 MPH for 5 hours on a trip from Arizona 
to California!  Wonderful car!

Cheers,

Greg
1991 500SL
2001 ML 320

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Carbone" <philcarbone55 at comcast.net>
To: "asim razvi" <asimrazvi at yahoo.com>; "SL Mailing List" 
<r129list at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [R129 SL] overheating


> My 1992 500SL does the same thing. There is a service bulletin that states 
> these cars run hot.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "asim razvi" <asimrazvi at yahoo.com>
> To: <r129list at mbcoupes.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 1:09 PM
> Subject: [R129 SL] overheating
>
>
>> Anyone have issues with overheating?  My 94 SL320 runs fine most of the 
>> time but in heavy traffic I see the temp needle move north, to the point 
>> I have to turn the heating on to get it to go lower, seems to do it 
>> sometimes on hills as well.  I checked the secondary fan and its good but 
>> didnt know if its something more obvious.
>>
>> asim
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