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Originally Posted by andersbenz
In February, 1992 I purchased a 1984 300D with 108,000 miles from Autowerkes in Hampton Falls, NH.
In May of 1992 I was driving home with a coworker from Boston to Manchester, NH when a series of loud noises started banging under the hood.
Long story short, the engine spun a bearing. The oil had been changed every 3000 mile since I had purchased it (two oil changes). It had the maintenance books stamped at regular intervals. I checked the oil level at every fill up. MB of North America said tuff *****.
Autowerkes installed a used engine for $2,100 that was still running strong when I sold the car three years and 140,000 miles later.
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Do you attribute your hard driving habits to the cause of the spun bearing?
If so, where's the data to support the conclusion?
I think that it's more likely that the bearing was defective from the factory, or was damaged by a PO due to lack of oil for a brief period.