Thread: Looking for a replacement turbo for my 116 300SD
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Old 06-01-2012, 04:17 PM
forat2 forat2 is offline
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After a bit of investigating, and calling around, it turns out these turbos are Chinese manufactured copy-cats of the original. The company that sells it is Rothenbacher Engineering of NC, apparently the parts they sell are awful and have lead to many catastrophic engine failures for many Merc/Audi/VW owners. I think its very clearly worth paying the extra $200 for a MetricMotors rebuild!
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