They do break. I broke one last July 4, west bound I 80 in Nevada. Had to tow the car home almost 500 miles.
It was an easy fix, just replaced the engine with a new one, had 331000 miles on the old one. The chain only had 70000 miles. replaced the tentioners with new one at the time.
Metric Motors said with high milage engines the sprokets get worn and cause problems. maybe next time I replace the chain will do sprokets also.
But that`s a couple hundred thousand miles down the road.

Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works