Was cruising down the freeway yesterday when I heard a CLUNK. Then I lost power. Saw my oil light. Oh Sh!!!t! Drifted over to the right. In the No. 1 lane, the engine quit. Managed to stop on the shoulder.

Shell Rotella syn was flooding from the car. The left front wheel was slathered with oil. Oil was splattered all along the driver's side of my newly repainted MB. Even misted over the trunk.

The oil cooler lay on the ground next to the front tire. The belly pan was gone. I had the car towed to Enrique in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. He will reattach to cooler and see if my 602 engine and turbo survived the blowout.

Can't believe it. I had rebuilt the engine after it bent a rod -- caused by a faulty injection pump ruined by an incompetent mechanic fiddling with an IP leak. I've spared no $$$$ on this car.

Now this (poor me...LOL)!

Only one option: Fix it. There's no value, to me or anyone else, in a glossy w124 300D 2.5 with a cream-colored near-perfect interior, that doesn't run.

Will keep you posted...

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'91 300D 2.5 Turbo 330K
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