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Originally Posted by funola
Very interesting!, so this affects 240D only and not 300D? I thought the only difference between the 2 is the 240D has 1 alternator belt groove and the 300D has 2 grooves on the pulley, everything else is the same behind the pulley. I still don't buy that a seized AC compressor will shear all 6 crankshaft pulley bolts on the 240D. Something else is going on.
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Not being argumentative, but what exactly else would you say it is?
I mean, it's a salt and rust free 240D that had about 71k at the time. Uses zeronoil. Runs great on the highway. Maybe a bit rough at idle but I'm doing valves and mounts currently. It's not like this is an old, poor condition car.
Look at how clean the block is:
When I took the fan bolts out the other day, they were like new.
I'm just not seeing the plausibility of corroded bolts or other means of failure. My new compressor is a bit crooked, but it only manifested itself this year as a noisy belt.