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What do you mean? Nobody has had a head gasket fail?
My car had one. What anecdotal information, or any other do you have to support any other theory? Tom W
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Do you have any evidence of a head gasket failure that occured prior to the subject connecting rod failure on a 603.970 or 603.971? Did your vehicle suffer a connecting rod failure? I don't believe that it did.........and, therefore........your head gasket failure is irrelevant to the topic. You've got a theory with no supporting evidence.........evidence that should be available from those who suffered the rod bearing failure.........if the evidence exists. We're discussing your theory..........correct? I could come up with a theory that a rock was kicked up off the roadway and got sucked into the intake and magically went though the turbo and into the combustion chamber and bent the rod. I don't have any evidence of that..........but, I'd like you to believe it because my machinist came up with the idea. Would that be acceptable to you? I think that this rock theory has some merit.........and I'm going to put it forth in the future..........how about that? Last edited by Brian Carlton; 03-25-2008 at 12:30 AM. |
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could one conclusively say: "350's are junk, stay away from them?"
just wondering. as I wondered before...: why do people think MB is sooooo good?? because of their great parts department and because people think you are rich when your car has a star on it's hood?
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Well IMHO its all academic. The bottom line is that the rods bend and its an expensive problem to fix. No one is sure how to prevent it, so your better off spending the extra effort earning the money to fix it.
Its a shame really, I have seen some cherry 350SDL's but even I'm scared to touch them. I guess the trick would be to get one super cheap with a DOA motor and repower it.
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As long as you never, ever, never over heat it. Of course if the PO has already over heated it, that sucks too.
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I did see an S350D that was overheated so bad the temp sender melted! I'm sure the head was cracked but that was the least of their problems since the pistons melted to the walls. Top hose came off, the guys wife was driving it...kept going at 80 until it stopped!
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The 300SDL is a dog compared to a 350SDL when it comes to low end acceleration. You really have to stretch the engine out on a 3.0 liter to get the power you need. Whereas a good 350 could chirp a tire.
It takes some adjusting...The 350 is a Hell of an engine. And by that, one can easily anticipate the irony in that statement.
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Yep nothing the old checkbook can't fix. I don't know if a bit more low end power is worth $5k-$13k to me...hmm I'd have to drive one maybe it is.
IMHO the older 603 is worth a possible $1k-$3k head or headgasket job; so is the larger one that much better?
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Traded it for a Pathfinder?!
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Don't you 2 ever sleep? It's 1:00 on the east coast.
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350's not that bad
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The only thing that kills a 617/616 is improper maintenance or just plain wear. The 617. for example, does not have a re-occuring issue with breaking internal engine parts. Infact, every 617 failure I have heard of is due to lack of maintenance (think oil cooler lines, radiatior hoses ect ect)
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