SL/R230: Oil leak............
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Oil leak............
I was pulling out of a parking lot the other day and driveway had a big bump when you were pulling out......kinda of like a hill (very confusing to explain) Anyways later when I got home I parked my car in the driveway but later when I went to pull it in the garage I saw oil on the ground and its been leaking alittle bit ever since (I must of scrapped the oil pan while coming out of the parking lot). Im scared to bring it to the dealer because they might blame me for hitting it because of the RENNtech lowering module. Does anyone think the dealer won't cover it under warranty??? I heard dealers come down hard on aftermarket stuff and find exuse's not to cover stuff under warranty
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I was pulling out of a parking lot the other day and driveway had a big bump when you were pulling out......kinda of like a hill (very confusing to explain) Anyways later when I got home I parked my car in the driveway but later when I went to pull it in the garage I saw oil on the ground and its been leaking alittle bit ever since (I must of scrapped the oil pan while coming out of the parking lot). Im scared to bring it to the dealer because they might blame me for hitting it because of the RENNtech lowering module. Does anyone think the dealer won't cover it under warranty??? I heard dealers come down hard on aftermarket stuff and find exuse's not to cover stuff under warranty
If your capable jack up the car and take off the under panel and take a look underneth it. If there is no markings on it showing any kinds of damage done to it than I would maybe consider taking it in as you can always state it was a bad seal or something. Try that and keep us posted if you see anything and go from there.
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I think this would be pretty easy to tell if the oil pan was damaged by the bump because the underneath of the car is covered by the underbody shield and it would be busted up pretty good if this happened. I had an oil leak and it was around the rear main seal. It was fixed under warranty.
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make sure it is not trans fluid. there is a elect. switch seal that is under warranty that leaks from the trans. happened to my 03 s55.
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Lowering module
http://www.renntechmercedes.com/PDF/...0_SL_2003_.pdf
Look in the RENNtech owner manual, you can shut the lowering module off and the car will go back to stock ride hight.
Look in the RENNtech owner manual, you can shut the lowering module off and the car will go back to stock ride hight.