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Originally Posted by josha37
cylinder scuffing occurs in all long stroke engines, side loading is a fact of life. I would assume that more damage is caused to these engines by their owners running high rpm than has ever been caused by timing, rod weight, or fuel quality. No manufactures put out engines that are so delicate that within tolerances they bend rods (atleast not the germans, i would suspect low quality work like that from the japanese). I would suspect it has something to do with our speed limits and commute-fueled society. just my .02
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Hey Josha,
The 350 was one motor that MB got wrong. Do a search about "rod Bending". There is a ton of stuff about them. I guess in all fairness, MB is allowed 1 bad one. Look at the ricers, they are having recalls with ever increasing frequency & lots of cars, isnt the lates like 2 million Toyota's.
The 350 was a completely different motor with fuel that had a CN>45.
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