Fixing a leaky vacuum pump
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Fixing a leaky vacuum pump
The vacuum pump was leaking (2012 E350) and MB does not sell the seal. A company called RKX Tech makes a kit for $33 and it includes the mating gasket as well.
https://www.rkxtech.com/collections/vacuum-pump-repair
Youtube has an excellent video to show you how. Took about an hour. The silencer canister is a bitt fiddly. But hey, no more leaks.
https://www.rkxtech.com/collections/vacuum-pump-repair
Youtube has an excellent video to show you how. Took about an hour. The silencer canister is a bitt fiddly. But hey, no more leaks.
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Thanks for the links.
Don't know how it develop in last years, but a generation ago, I found the same Bosch vacuum pumps on Mercedes, VW and Peugeot.
So when I needed diaphragm, no problem to find it on JY.
Same was posted on W210 forum where MB would not sell Power Steering pump seals, only whole unit$$$, when BMW - using the same PS had rebuild kits available.
Don't know how it develop in last years, but a generation ago, I found the same Bosch vacuum pumps on Mercedes, VW and Peugeot.
So when I needed diaphragm, no problem to find it on JY.
Same was posted on W210 forum where MB would not sell Power Steering pump seals, only whole unit$$$, when BMW - using the same PS had rebuild kits available.
