1994 Mercedes S350 Turbo Diesel: Should I buy it? - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

pawoSD · #16 02-12-2007, 06:19 PM

Wow, what a waste, why condemn an engine to another potential failure when you've already spent $9k fixing it!?

Also....9k sounds way high for an engine rebuild....should have been more like 4-5k

Hatterasguy · #17 02-12-2007, 06:32 PM

Something doesn't sound right. $9k should be about what it costs to have a new long block installed.

I wouldn't trust a 603 rebuild unless it was done by a shop that does a lot of them, and since 603's are rear good luck finding that. Metric rebuilds and MB factory rebuilds are the only ones that are worth anything, IMHO.

The "cheap" way of doing it, is ordering a short block from Mercedes and swapping everything over. Mercedes engines come with a warranty, I think its 4 years unlimited mileage.

BPaulsen · #18 02-12-2007, 09:41 PM

If you are sports enough to play Russian Roulette with 3 bullets in your gun's chamber go ahead and buy a 350SD. It's, by a WIDE margin, the worst Diesel engine in Mercedes' long, illustrated history. Fatal engine failures without any warning as early as 50K miles are not unusual. If the car you are considering to buy has a new engine for $9,000, you know why. Better put another $9K aside for engine number 3. ANY Diesel is better than a 350SD.

sixto · #19 02-13-2007, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

A 1999 S320 is an all around better performing car, and fuel consumption is a wash. The diesel offers no advantage in the W140 as it was sold in the US.

Yeah but then you have to hang out in the tech forum which is boring compared to Diesel discussion

Sixto
93 300SD 3.0

greasybenz · #20 02-14-2007, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by sixto

Yeah but then you have to hang out in the tech forum which is boring compared to Diesel discussion

Sixto
93 300SD 3.0

hah! tell me about it

greasybenz · #21 02-14-2007, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by bluhorizan

Can you believe it? I just contacted the service shop for the used 1994 S350TD that I am interested in and found out that it had a complete engine rebuild in 2005 for $9000. Seems as though it was a "bent rod". What the service shop told me is that they used "old stock rods". So essentially the original designed rods were put back in a rebuilt engine. Seems as though that the "newer designed rods" were limited in supply and would have cost $6000 more!

That makes absolutley no sense! the engine was rebuilt because of a bent rod so they rebuilt the engine with the same rods that messed it up in the first place!

Dont even bother looking at it, its a waste.

#22 02-14-2007, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by greasybenz

so they rebuilt the engine with the same rods that messed it up in the first place!

Old stock means they had them in stock, as in on their shelves. They didn't re-use the original rods.

sixto · #23 02-14-2007, 01:03 PM

An independent shop had a set of NOS 3.5 rods just gathering dust? I find that difficult to believe :/ I wouldn't expect the dealer to have rods in stock.

Sixto
93 300SD 3.0