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Here are some shots as the damage to the chain guide rail became more visible and apparent. With every removed item the view became scarier.
There is also a view of the number two and number three pistons and cylinder bores. The cylinder bores look to be in amazingly good condition. There was a lot of flakey black soot in there, which left some crumbly ash after I wiped it out. I will be rolling the engine over a few times to clean out the crevice between the piston and cylinder and trying to polish the stain away at the top of the cylinder bore. There is no wear lip or any other sign of anything bad in the piston to cylinder interface.
Another set of photos coming to show the split dynamic balancer. Jim
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Own:
1986 Euro 190E 2.3-16 (291,000 miles),
1998 E300D TurboDiesel, 231,000 miles -purchased with 45,000,
1988 300E 5-speed 252,000 miles,
1983 240D 4-speed, purchased w/136,000, now with 222,000 miles.
2009 ML320CDI Bluetec, 89,000 miles
Owned:
1971 220D (250,000 miles plus, sold to father-in-law),
1975 240D (245,000 miles - died of body rot),
1991 350SD (176,560 miles, weakest Benz I have owned),
1999 C230 Sport (45,400 miles),
1982 240D (321,000 miles, put to sleep)
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