Indicates that some of the rod bender engines were caused by the EGR valve. Little balls of tar like substance are formed with an active EGR valve and any leakage of oil from the turbo. Also mentioned is any pump back into the intake of unburned diesel fuel. Anyway these small tar balls apparently go/went into the cylinder to be lodged between head and piston resulting in bent rods. Sometimes allowing antifreeze/coolent into the cylinder also due to head lifting/cracking. IF so, how is Ma Benz gonna piss and ***** about a mandated "green" device mandated by the government?

This is all conjecture at this point, but a good precaution would be to inactivate the EGR valve via a plug in the line to that device.

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