OH THE HUMANITY!

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1995 E420 Schwarz
1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
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So is there any PM to help keep this from happening? Is there something I do to keep my oil pump from failing or is it just gonna fail one day?

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

Your best insurance is regular oil changes.

THE STORY:
The oil pump failed, previous owner kept driving.
Clanking, Smoking, previous owner added more oil and kept driving.
Severe power loss, previous owner kept driving.
Engine STOPPED, previous owner had it towed to a good MB shop.
The good MB shop found the rod sticking through the block/pan.
The previous owner gave the title to the shop, and walked away.


Driver reaction can change it from:
* Serious = oil pump + rod/main bearings.
* Major overhaul = Replace piston assembly + grind or Replace crankshaft.
* Disaster = thrown rod + cracked block + demolished crankshaft+ demolished injection pump.

The driver ignored warnings, oil gauge, extreme rattling, extreme knocking, hammering.

People with absolutly no mechanical leanings or understanding. Means the 123s are not the cars for them in my opinion. That is at the current age those cars are now.

Most of the younger generation never even check oil levels. And since garages do not either normally today they are basically gambling.

Oddly enough there is probably a market on ebay for distressed parts on wood mountings. People will buy almost anything unusual.

Was the previous owner Salvador Dahli? Or was it Uri Geller?

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Hi
Here is one for the colection.
This happend to cylinder #4 driving up hill in third gear.
The exhaust valve broke clean of.
Took out the block, head, cam, cam towers and #3 piston.
The crank survived and is still spinning in the same car this happend in.





The imprint on the right side of the piston shows the hollow valve stem for the sodium filling.



The cooling channel in the piston crown is visible here.
Also notize the cast in steel ring that holds the grove for the first piston ring.





At least the rod in still in one piece.

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76 240 D. Bought in 1998 for $25.
85 300D. Got it for free with a bad engine. ( Sold )
60 Unimog 404. What was left of it, was given to me. Now powerd by 617A.
88 560 SEL. Bought without engine and trans. Now powerd by 617A.
67 250 SE. Cuope. For resto or sale.
64 220SE. For resto.

I have just the coffee table for it.

(Not MB, but same deal, change your engine oil! watch your oil pressure!)

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