she's dead jim. waiting for the wrecker.

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1982 300sd from craigslist $800 greased on one tank with NO CONVERSION in the Hot Texas Sun. (currently dead & awaiting engine damage investigation and/or longblock swap)
new daily: '03 vw 5speed jetta tdi wagon. bagged&chipped

Veg oil take out the engine?

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

lol. no. try 300k+ miles, little PO maintenance, bad bad blowby on cyl #1, driving it like i stole it, and who knows what else. i've been too busy to do wvo for about a year. when i bought this car, i expected it to die on me within 6 months or so, and i think that was 6 or 8 years ago.

oh, we're home now.

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1982 300sd from craigslist $800 greased on one tank with NO CONVERSION in the Hot Texas Sun. (currently dead & awaiting engine damage investigation and/or longblock swap)
new daily: '03 vw 5speed jetta tdi wagon. bagged&chipped

so here i am over a year later and i finally took a day to investigate the cause of death.

oh snap!

om617 - Album on Imgur

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1982 300sd from craigslist $800 greased on one tank with NO CONVERSION in the Hot Texas Sun. (currently dead & awaiting engine damage investigation and/or longblock swap)
new daily: '03 vw 5speed jetta tdi wagon. bagged&chipped

Any chance on posting the pics in the thread in case the link goes away ( and to help those still on a dial up )

done.

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1982 300sd from craigslist $800 greased on one tank with NO CONVERSION in the Hot Texas Sun. (currently dead & awaiting engine damage investigation and/or longblock swap)
new daily: '03 vw 5speed jetta tdi wagon. bagged&chipped

You rang, sir?









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Ungh! Too late...

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"The MB W123 is so bulletproof, you can drive them forever. Which is a good thing as it takes that long to get anywhere."
Betsie: 1984 W123 300D (hobby, 280k miles)
Myrla: 2001 Mazda Protege 2.0 ES 5spd (daily driver, 130k miles)
The Turd: 2007 Toyota Camry (wife's car, 118k miles)

hehehe.

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1982 300sd from craigslist $800 greased on one tank with NO CONVERSION in the Hot Texas Sun. (currently dead & awaiting engine damage investigation and/or longblock swap)
new daily: '03 vw 5speed jetta tdi wagon. bagged&chipped

For those of us who are slow, can you describe what damage we are seeing.

Thx.

Starting from the left side of the 2nd pic, the cam shaft is broken just where it enters the bearing, the left 2 rocker arms have come loose , the right two are flipped over the cam.

Either the chain jumped and valves hit the pistons causing the cam to break or the connecting rod bearing on the left cylinder was so bad it allowed the piston to hit the valves so many times it broke the cam.

Wow. Thanks; I can see it now.

Repairable?

as far as cause goes, when it happened, i was accelerating on the highway. i had been going 70mph and then floored it to get into the flow of the fast lane. boost hit, and then it quietly lost power sort of like a sudden fuel cutoff. no bangs. no thud thud thuds. not even something you would feel through the car.

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1982 300sd from craigslist $800 greased on one tank with NO CONVERSION in the Hot Texas Sun. (currently dead & awaiting engine damage investigation and/or longblock swap)
new daily: '03 vw 5speed jetta tdi wagon. bagged&chipped

Wow. That's quite a show.

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'84 190D 2.2 5MT (Red/Palomino) Current car. Love it!
'85 190D 2.2 Auto *Cali* (Blue/Blue) *sold*
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Well at least you've still got an odds & ends engine

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$60 OM617 Blank Exhaust Flanges
$110 OM606 Blank Exhaust Flanges
No merc at the moment

If the pistons & valves didn't "french kiss" you might be able to slap a good used head on it for cheap and keep going. Same time, if you had a cylinder that was a bit weak, might as well slap a whole good engine in.

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87' 300D, Currently undergoing an OM606 swap/build! SUPERTURBO!!!
03' 2500HD Dmax + goodies!
82' 300SD, parting out!
93' 300TE 4matic, parting out!
83' 240D Project Cheap Drive
89' 300E, parting out!
74' Datsun 510 wagon
88' RX7 10thAE, 13B track car build soon

Skippy~ As for perception: Drive what you like and can afford. Those who don't like it can supply vacuum to one of your components. LOL

If you need parts, I have some!