yeah so last week my car died twice and the second time i pulled over i looked under the hood and oil was all over the place....the mechanic says i blew a hole in the side of the motor but i guess this was slowly happening because i had a oil leak, anyway would you get a new engine or just part out the car?

Holes don't slowly form in the block....they usually happen pretty fast.



I would recomend looking for a good used engine....new rebuilds are costly and with a hole in the block you can expect to not get a core return for that one. Luckily you don't have a wagon with SLS , those engines are far more rare and costly as a result.

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Please confirm that there is a hole.
You may still need a motor, but...
I don't know how often that happens, it seems more likely that
some other component blew, allowing oil to purge freely, causing
a condition like overheating to cause it to die.

Also, how many miles ? How many miles driven by you ?

My 300SD is leaking oil right now due to oil cooler line.
New lines are on the way.

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it has 166*** on it, i got it around 124000. when i got it my dad said the person didn't drive it for about two years, i had electrical problems with it causing the hazards and other components not to work, recently i just put in a new alternator, water pump, vacuum pump and battery. when i replaced the alternator i noticed oil on my oil pan but didn't think anything of it. the mechanic says that i have a hole in the engine and its up to me with what i want to do. its my friends dads shop so i don't think the mechanic would lie, i just think its weird that all of a sudden its dead with a hole in the engine. i don't know what to do with it now, i guess sell it for parts on here and get a honda lol

i don't know what to do with it. i live on long island and its all the way on the other side of the island and will cost a arm and a leg to get it towed probably. it has a lot of new parts that i can resell but i don't know if i should tow it, junk it, or get a new engine.

You should be able to get a good used engine for under $1,000 assuming you can do the work yourself it beats junking an otherwise good car.

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1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

The hole in the motor thing sounds fishy to me.

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