I have never seen that on a rod bender, but have on the 601 and 602 engines.
--- Kaleb C. Striplin Cox Auto Trader 730-Tulsa FSBO Supervisor ----- Original Message ----- From: "dave walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 2:45 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] rodbender question > In my case - no. Although I don't have a clue how to interpret leak > down test results, so I did not bother. > > You have to pull the head and measure how much each piston protrudes > above the block at the top of it's stroke. Removing the vacuum pump > makes it easier to turn the engine by hand if you leave the timing > chain attached. It's actually rather dangerous if you don't. > The current head gasket has more reinforcement at the oil channel in > front of the #1 cylinder, so replacing it is a good thing. It's a > common failure point. 100% of the rodbenders I've owned experienced > that failure ( 1 out of 1 :-). > > -Dave Walton > > > On 11/8/07, Kaleb C. Striplin (CAT) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Will a compression or leak down test show bent rods etc? >> >> --- >> Kaleb C. Striplin >> Cox Auto Trader >> 730-Tulsa FSBO Supervisor >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
