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Originally Posted by t walgamuth
I cannot imagine any scenario in which any mercedes would break a crank. Now if a person of little skill tries to replace the harmonic balancer the nose is easy to ruin.
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This is what the guy said:
"Peugeot Indenor engines are way more robust.Ever seen bad Benz casting and forgings?I have. 240D and 300D Turbo Diesels used to break crankshafts all the time. We had one customer that *****ed about her car being un-repairable,she's lucky the flywheel that came through the firewall did not kill her,yet she was more worried why the car could not be repaired.Benz built too many turds to spoil the reputation of a few good ones,but after all it was a gas-based "fake" diesel unlike an Indenor"
I really don't know if he's just trolling to get a rise out of the Benz owners, but man, even before I had all the maintenance done on my car, I never once had a shadow of a doubt that something would just spontaneously fall apart on these cars. But the questions still nagged at me, so I felt I'd ask.
EDIT: Okay, I know the cars are old and stuff can break. But I just feel so confident while driving mine.