Thread: HELP! Engine died on the 300SDL. Hard to turn by hand now.
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Old 07-29-2012, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by ah-kay View Post
Remove the Vacuum pump and it seems to be OK. All the ball bearings are there. Open up the side sump and found quite a bit of shaving inside. It seems to be fragments of a thin metal tube. What could it be? What next?
Could they be rollers from the chain? Are they ferrous?

If you can rock the crank back and forth slightly - can't hurt much at this point - does the oil pump chain move?

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