baf2000_1

Had the bad luck of metal road debris puncturing the plastic fuel tank, ouch.
Does anyone have the MB repair manual process to remove the tank ?
Thanks in advance.

mercy-me

Sorry for your bad luck. Hate to add more grief to your misery but according to the WIS instructions, step #6 says you must drop the whole rear axle ***'y for access to remove tank, see attachment. You may want to consider a patch job of some sort or get a quote from the dealer. This is a big job in my book!

Good luck,

Bob

thefisch

Not sure if you have comprehensive coverage, but road debris should be covered if you do.

baf2000_1

Since the car was moving it is covered under collision and I have $1k deductible
Thanks for the

mercy-me
Thanks for the attachment I took out the inner wheel well and saw the bad news.
Poor design , I might just the cut the filler and evap tubes and splice with silicon host

baf2000_1

Hey mercy-me,

Do you have instructions on dropping the rear drive assembly ?

Thanks

mercy-me

See attachments.
According to ASRA times, to R&I (Remove & Install) the fuel tank is 6.3 Hrs. This includes the R&I of the complete rear axle assembly. The rear axle alone R&I is 4.3 Hrs. These would be rates that the factory would pay for a warranty situation to the dealership. Since this is not a warranty job for the dealership, I would expect them to mark it up considerably perhaps 3-5 Hrs more. Going a step future, the tank part 212 470 75 01 is another $992.20 from MBpartsdirect. If you can get by with paying your $1k deductible for a new tank install then that might be a good way to go. I would still consider a good patch repair as a viable alternative if done properly by an expert. Repairing plastic does not involve any welding so just normal gasoline safety precautions would apply.

Anyway,

Good luck,
Bob

baf2000_1

Many , Many Thanks !!