2015 ML250 .... question about a leak
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2015 ML250
2015 ML250 .... question about a leak
Under the vehicle, on the right side toward the front is a leak. It is slightly colored oil/fluid that is dripping on my garage floor. Maybe 1-3 drops once the wife drives home.
It is NOT motor oil.
My son looked at it and wonders if it is power steering fluid.
Anyone have a guess?
It is NOT motor oil.
My son looked at it and wonders if it is power steering fluid.
Anyone have a guess?
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2003 CL 600
That truck has electric steering right? I know the gas ones did by that point. Not many 250's come in for me.
Gotta track it and see where it's coming from. What color is the fluid?
Gotta track it and see where it's coming from. What color is the fluid?
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2015 ML250
If I poured 0w20 oil in my daughters Toyota and ran it for 500 miles..... that's what this oil would look like. Very light oil that is slightly, very slightly dirty.
It drips from about 12" inside the front, right wheel.
Tomorrow I will crawl around the bottom and snap some pics.
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2003 CL 600
Seen axle seals leak on those trucks, and a diff oil would make sense with your description. Gotta look and see where it's coming from, there isn't much that far out on the side that isn't brake fluid. Remember though, the whole bottom is covered in plastic so where it leaves the vehicle component isn't necessarily where it hits the ground.
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2005 E320 CDI (sold); 2007 R320 CDI (sold); 2008 ML320 CDI; 2014 ML350 Bluetec
