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Originally Posted by sixto
What's a 606.961? 98-99 have the 606.962 and share IC downstream pipe and EGR mixing pipe. I don't know if the .910 ('95 E300) and .912 (96-97 E300) share EGR valves but they'll be very different from the turbo engine since EGR feeds into intake manifold on the US passenger side upstream of the variable length intake runners.
The immediate questions are how do you manage without a car until the damage is fixed, and where can you work on and store your car in the meantime.
Here's a picture for perspective -
It's highly unlikely bottoming damaged the pipe. Maybe someone set a jack under the IC pipe.
Sixto
98 E320s sedan and wagon |
Whoops, meant .910/.912 couldn't share EGR parts with .962, as you said, totally different layout. (I believe .961 is found in W140's)
Thanks for the photo, especially from that angle I see how unlikely bottoming out could affect the IC pipe as it seems pretty well protected, tucked alongside engine block. I wish I could attribute it to carelessness with a jack, no one, not even myself have been underneath in many months, but I wouldn't rule it out as I've had the car for less than a year.
As much as I hate to give in & go with the shop's resolution, think it's still the most practical, I don't have the time or means to get the parts out, find a machine shop, and eBay.de turned up nothing, checked with some online used parts warehouses, nothing, seems like a truly hard to find part. The shop reneged on their overpriced labor after a few probing questions and gave me a more reasonable quote so I'll just be happy to get it back & on the road.
You're spot on about the air filter box, it's in pretty bad shape & doesn't align fully, that's further on down my list...
Thanks especially to Sixto, and torsionbar, for entertaining all my newbie questions!