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W115 240D help me weigh my replacement engine options.
I got my 240D to fire up again yesterday, needed about 75% throttle to keep it running. Things were going ok running rough but smoke diminishing, diesel purge going in. Oil pressure good, then it made a clank sound and in the time it took the thought nailing or rod sound to cross my mind it went boom. Maybe 3 seconds from clank to boom, oil pouring on the ground.
So I started contemplating / googling my options and they appear to be: 1) A used 616.916 from a 1975 240D $1200. Pros: 1 year warranty Free shipping I not sure about this but the parts locator service that found it says used parts are graded by insurance company standards and this engine has a grade A rating, "Like New" compression tested. Obviously a perfect fit I have known good parts from my engine to swap onto this one if need be. Cons: All I have to go on condition wise is seller’s word. $1200.00 seems a little high for an unknown quantity. However, far and away cheaper than any other 616.916 I inquired about. next closest $1500. 2) A local 616.912 from a w123 $500 Seller is a repair shop who bought it as a test bed for some kind of fuel injection modification but never followed through. Pros: Price The engine is on a test stand with electric radiator fan and will be run for me. I believe it has more HP than the 616.916 Cons: Oil filter housing location and other accessory locations, not a straight drop in. IP shuts engine down with vacuum so I am not sure how to adapt this I would like to keep AC, not sure how to achieve that. 3) I have a w123 300D turbo motor parts car that runs. Pros: I already own it HP + 4-speed manual Cons: Seems like quite a project Flywheel balancing yada yada yada Shoehorn required to install. + all the cons from the 616.912 4) Part it out and look for another running car. 5) Wait for another 616.916 to pop up in my area. The car body and chassis is in nice shape, 1 of the POs put a lot of work into chasing rust and then had a really nice repaint done. The interior could be perfect pretty easily. On the down side it had a fender bender a few years back, all damage repaired before repaint but now has salvage title. SO what are your opinions?
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1972 280SE 4.5 Last edited by billhard; 05-11-2011 at 07:49 PM. |
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Are you ruling out a reman engine? My previous 617 engine was used, and it ran well for about 150k miles; then it dropped a rod at an inconvenient time. The last time I put in a reman engine, hopefully it will run longer.
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I can't imagine the cost not 4x exceeding the value of the car. Am I wrong?
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Depends on the value of the car, you can get an engine for about $3600 plus shipping.
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Do you see yourself with this car for many years if it had a good engine? do you really like the car? Although a properly rebuilt engine may exceed the value of the car. What would another with a rebuilt engine cost? Also do you have the money to get a rebuilt engine? Assuming that you really like the car and money is not a serious issue, and you plan to keep it for many years rebuild it(rebuilt engine, proper one for the car) and continuing enjoying it. In the long run this is the most trouble free, and least amount of unknowns.
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Depending on how long you plan to keep the car, a reman would be best (if you're keeping it a LONG time), followed by option 1, followed by whatever you can yank out of a junkyard for 200 bucks and cross your fingers. On this last one, have you tried Ecology Auto Parts? I found lots of old Mercedes in there when I was working in San Diego in late '09.
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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar. 83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles 08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles 88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress. |
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere! |
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I was talking about buying a reman, not rebuilding the existing engine. Unless you do it yourself, a reman is going to cheaper anyway.
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So if I wanted to go this route, where would I look? Metric Motors wants $6850 for a long block.
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that's why I quoted the other response, not yours...
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere! |
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Here's a few....
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/pts/2372270497.html http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/pts/2368701956.html http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/pts/2375703706.html
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- '79 240D - engine swap complete! Engine broken in! 28-31 mpg! Lovin' the ride! - '86 190D (W201-126) - 2.5 NA engine, 5 speed, cloth interior, manual climate controls, 33-34 mpg (sold to forum member). |
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What do you all think of the claims the seller is making on this motor? I have not heard of MB selling "rebuilt crate motors" sounds fishy to me. I sent the selling an email asking if these claims could be substantiated.
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At one point, MB would sell reman engines through the dealers. I've heard conflicting reports if they are still available, but they would be expensive. Hopefully, they have some paperwork to indicate this is legitimate. Any idea of the minimum bid price?
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