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You have proven nothing, I'm sorry that we disagree.
I'm not calling you a liar, just asking for links, documents, anything that would support the claim that Mercedes determined that max. RPM was a factor on the 4800rpm .970, didn't change the RPM, until later when they RAISED the RPM without problems. My point is simply that there are several theories on this very thread, and those that preceeded it, from timing and Cetane, to engine RPM, to Tom's theory of hydrolocking that has its merit, and nothing has been posted yet to prove any of them. Your RPM theory can't possibly be valid since the RPM was reduced before the engine was released to production, despite your claim that it was reduced after 18months of production in the .971 version. It would be nice to further explore possibilities, find real data that can be referenced and traced to a verifiable piece of research or paper. I'm not entirely sure that Mercedes ever found the answer, they revised the cylinder head 4 times, the head gasket once, and the rods 5 times according to the EPC on the '91 SDL. The head revisions ran from the original #17 to #22 after the W140 was produced, not before, and the only explanation in the FSM is strengthening water jacket areas. I apologize if you find my determination to follow only documentable leads offensive, I don't mean it to be. However, seeing the contradictions between the theories and the FSM makes it a bit hard to hang one's hat on the theories.
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Three years ago I bought a '91 350SD with 510,000 miles, drove it a year and at 535,000 it was destroyed in a crash. The engine was the most quiet, most smooth running diesel engine I ever had. Before junking the car I took out the engine and transmission and still have it saved should I ever need a repacement drivetrain for my '87 300SDL. A month ago, I bought another '91 350SD, 193,000 miles, slight front end crash damage, I'm in the process of fixing it now. Again, the smoothest, most quiet, diesel engine ever. Original engines on both. I'm including a few pictures, beautiful baby blue color, nice light interior. Maybe this one is a rod bender? Who knows, if it is, I'll let everybody know.
'87 300SDL 195,000 '94 SL500 55,000 '89 300TE 179,000 '91 350SD 193,000
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The pictures of the original and updated rods are new!
http://www.w124performance.com/images/OM603_misc/603.971_bent_rods/3.5L_rods_both2.jpg That would make it "semi" easy to see which one you had, just pop the oil pan off. I'll be sure to take pics of mine when I put black locktite on the windage tray bolts I should ask Dave if I can mirror his site one of these days... -J
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While you're in there, I'd locktite the oil pump bolt, a couple of incidences of those coming loose with catastrophic failure, and all six of the piston oil-squirters, one of mine came loose in my '91 and was crushed by the crank (mentioned in the FSM).
Compu: When you have the pan off, will you look at the fins on the inside of the pan and let me know if they look trimmed to clear the tray, or cast that way please. My '91 pan looked like someone milled the fins away from a .961 pan to clear the windage tray. I'm building a "more power" .960 and am considering installing a .970 windage tray "while I'm in there".
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