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Originally Posted by MTUpower
It's OM617 not M617. "M" denotes a gasoline engine. "OM" denotes a diesel engine. The Germans are quite specific about this, it avoids confusion.
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Oops, thank you for pointing out my fumble-fingers. Corrected.
I stand by my count. Most of these vehicles were of the "Well, it's a Mercedes, they run for a gadzillion miles without any maintenance" type of owners. Not all of them were OM617's. There were a few OM615's and OM616's in the mix.
I suppose my location could add to the number of these incidents I have seen. Drivers are less likely to stop when the next available place is 50 miles away in 115 F temperature. Probably 90% of the heads I replaced were in the era before cell phones were common.
From just this forum: https://www.google.com/search?q=OM617+cylinder+head+cracks&rlz=1C1PRFB_enUS651US651&oq=OM617+cylinder+head+cracks&aqs=chrome..69i57.23381j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=OM617+cylinder+head+cracks+site:www.peachparts.com
From various forums: https://www.google.com/search?q=OM617+cylinder+head+cracks&biw=1280&bih=894&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjCqf2roabSAhVI-mMKHQNxA6MQ7AkIJg#imgrc=BWw4ra-jWLHL0M:
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Last edited by Mike D; 02-23-2017 at 08:08 AM.
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