Re: [MBZ] Crack heads versus rod benders
Cheers fellas, seems my memory is not that stuffed, as a thank you you can look at the pretty pictures on this blokes site, http://www.mercedesmotoring.com/ lots of 123 action, however you're all posh now with those 210 and those ML thingys. Hendrik who is still cruising with a 124 dinosaurs, which has just clocked over 400K kiloclickys OK Don wrote: The earlier heads on the 3.0 liter engines tended to crack when overheated. I think they got it figured out by the #21 heads (though I might be wrong on which number is which). Kaleb is correct, the 3.5 liter engines bent rods. On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote: The 3.5 was the rod bender Sent from my iPhone On Jul 3, 2011, at 11:17 PM, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au wrote: We are having a bit of an argument on the Ozbenz forum as to which engine had which problem, up for discussion is a 87 230TE which has had a OM603.912 installed, I seem to remember that these engines had some heads that where prone to cracking and another forum member reckons that the heads are OK but they bend the conrods. I am thinking that it was the larger 3.5 liter engine that had the conrod problems? So which is it, as this comes up on this list now and again but I never pay attention cause I have neither of these engines. Hendrik who is confused, as usual ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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
Re: [MBZ] Crack heads versus rod benders
The earlier heads on the 3.0 liter engines tended to crack when overheated. I think they got it figured out by the #21 heads (though I might be wrong on which number is which). Kaleb is correct, the 3.5 liter engines bent rods. On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote: The 3.5 was the rod bender Sent from my iPhone On Jul 3, 2011, at 11:17 PM, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au wrote: We are having a bit of an argument on the Ozbenz forum as to which engine had which problem, up for discussion is a 87 230TE which has had a OM603.912 installed, I seem to remember that these engines had some heads that where prone to cracking and another forum member reckons that the heads are OK but they bend the conrods. I am thinking that it was the larger 3.5 liter engine that had the conrod problems? So which is it, as this comes up on this list now and again but I never pay attention cause I have neither of these engines. Hendrik who is confused, as usual ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 -- OK Don 2001 ML320 1992 300D 2.5T 1990 300D 2.5T 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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
[MBZ] Crack heads versus rod benders
We are having a bit of an argument on the Ozbenz forum as to which engine had which problem, up for discussion is a 87 230TE which has had a OM603.912 installed, I seem to remember that these engines had some heads that where prone to cracking and another forum member reckons that the heads are OK but they bend the conrods. I am thinking that it was the larger 3.5 liter engine that had the conrod problems? So which is it, as this comes up on this list now and again but I never pay attention cause I have neither of these engines. Hendrik who is confused, as usual ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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
Re: [MBZ] Crack heads versus rod benders
The 3.5 was the rod bender Sent from my iPhone On Jul 3, 2011, at 11:17 PM, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au wrote: We are having a bit of an argument on the Ozbenz forum as to which engine had which problem, up for discussion is a 87 230TE which has had a OM603.912 installed, I seem to remember that these engines had some heads that where prone to cracking and another forum member reckons that the heads are OK but they bend the conrods. I am thinking that it was the larger 3.5 liter engine that had the conrod problems? So which is it, as this comes up on this list now and again but I never pay attention cause I have neither of these engines. Hendrik who is confused, as usual ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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
