Mercedes Slk Roof Leak

The hydraulic roof actuating cyliders 3 and the hydraulic cylinder for lock actuation 4 are located in the retractable top.

Mercedes slk roof leak.

I would recommend rebuilding all five of the hydraulic cylinders. Do you treat your seals with gummi phledge. Diagrams showing all drains and where and how to lube the roof seals and mechanisms. The hydraulic roof actuating cylinder on the driver side was leaking hydraulic fluid.

Over the years mercedes have launched to the market 3 generations of the mercedes slk cabriolet representing sportlich sporty leicht light and kurz short. Hope this helps good luck. You can see the leak on the plastic panel in the slk s trunk. There are many drains on that roof.

Large amounts of oil are leaking from the right side of the roof near the sun visor and the right vent window. The mercedes slk cabriolet range was launched between 1996 and 2019 with the r170 1st generation compact roadster between 1996 2004. I have a 99 slk and the top will not go down. The majority of mercedes convertible problems are caused by a bad relay weak lift cylinder or lift cylinder leaking by the o ring.

I hope you enjoyed my simple video picture explanation on how i fix the leaks in my point 1 in my slk 200 vario roof. If you find out that the convertible top reservoir is low in fluid that means that you have a leak most likely at one of the convertible lift cylinders.