Weird experience on my latest road trip.<br>
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I had been driving for about seven hours straight at 90+ mph carrying a total of four folks plus lots of bikes up top (windage).<br>
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We were climibing a long grade heading North into Vegas, at 90 mph, with the air conditioning on, and it was 85 degrees.<br>
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POOF. Smoke starts billowing from behinid the ML.<br>
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I pulled over got a look under the truck and there was a bit of fluid pouring from under the front seating area. It was brown and smelled like engine oil. It was running along some frame members and out onto the ground.<br>
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I quickly hopped in to make it the 1/8 of a mile to the top of the grade (better coasting if neccessary). I pulled up onto a rock to crawl underneath and the oil had stopped flowing. I checked the oil and I was only down about a half a quart. Weird.<br>
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My next thought was that it was tranmission fluid, but it was the wrong color and smell.<br>
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Long story short, I drove at a sedate pace to the MB dealer in Vegas (70 miles) who confirmed that the tranny fluid would be red, I topped of the oil, checked every hundred miles for a while, and never lost another drop in the remaining 1600 miles of the trip.<br>
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I'm looking forward to an answer to this mystery.<br>
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Pete<br>
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p.s. My shocks are also now completely shot at 60k.
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I had been driving for about seven hours straight at 90+ mph carrying a total of four folks plus lots of bikes up top (windage).<br>
<br>
We were climibing a long grade heading North into Vegas, at 90 mph, with the air conditioning on, and it was 85 degrees.<br>
<br>
POOF. Smoke starts billowing from behinid the ML.<br>
<br>
I pulled over got a look under the truck and there was a bit of fluid pouring from under the front seating area. It was brown and smelled like engine oil. It was running along some frame members and out onto the ground.<br>
<br>
I quickly hopped in to make it the 1/8 of a mile to the top of the grade (better coasting if neccessary). I pulled up onto a rock to crawl underneath and the oil had stopped flowing. I checked the oil and I was only down about a half a quart. Weird.<br>
<br>
My next thought was that it was tranmission fluid, but it was the wrong color and smell.<br>
<br>
Long story short, I drove at a sedate pace to the MB dealer in Vegas (70 miles) who confirmed that the tranny fluid would be red, I topped of the oil, checked every hundred miles for a while, and never lost another drop in the remaining 1600 miles of the trip.<br>
<br>
I'm looking forward to an answer to this mystery.<br>
<br>
Pete<br>
<br>
p.s. My shocks are also now completely shot at 60k.