Since I don’t have the original owner’s service records, I can’t substantiate engine rebuild/rod replacement, etc. However, with the help of my dealer guy and the VMI from Mercedes, we were able to determine that some really substantial work, possibly as much as five figures worth, was done under warranty on the car at around 43k in 1993. The independent shop who took care of it for some years knew the car but couldn’t recall anything specific as far as major work - all they could tell me (and this was the son of the owner, who has taken over since the owner’s retirement) was that the PPO would drop the car off and write a check. I suspect they made a lot of boat payments for the shop owner based on what they did tell me.
Considering that it runs very well with no noise, almost no smoke, and used no oil in a thousand mile high speed drive, I’m satisfied that there’s nothing sinister lurking under the hood or elsewhere. So that’s where I’m at. Thanks a lot to Curly, Jaime and others who helped me parse out the information I could find to help make the decision on whether or not to be comfortable with it. I am. I know it hasn’t had mounts for over six years/30k miles. That’s probably not a service interval, but mounts are cheap relatively speaking and I don’t mind putting a set on it. Once that’s done if I still feel like it’s vibrating too much I’ll check elsewhere. Do realize that I have been driving vergassers for nearly 15 years, so my point of reference is pretty far from the operating characteristics of a diesel. As I become more familiar and comfortable with the car I my realize that my concerns are unfounded. Dan > On Feb 23, 2016, at 6:24 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oh for sure if it had that problem it would have probably used some oil in > that 1k drive. I think he told me it had some work done but the date of the > work was before the updated rods came out iirc. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 23, 2016, at 4:54 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Not the case here, Dan's got ZERO oil use over 1k miles on the highway. A >> failed head-gasket or a bent rod would be sucking that oil down. I think >> Dan also said this engine has the upgraded connecting rods. >> >> ------------- >> Max >> Charleston SC _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
