Hello,

I bought a car from a girl 1982 300d turbo diesel, and I think she ran it out of oil, and the engine siezed up at idle in an intersection.

My uncle took the engine apart, #5 rod split radially meaning it adheared to the crank and the rod stopped on the block somewhere.

Some of my friends say turning a diesel crank will give no oil pressure when you are done, or it will break because of the stresses caused by nitride hardening the crank from the factory.

Anyone have experience with this?

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Current Stable:
1994 S500 v140, 210k miles, white with grey.

Former Mercedes in the Stable:
1983 300CD Turbo diesel 515k mi sold (rumor has it, that it has 750k miles on it now)
1984 300CD Turbo Diesel 150 k mi sold
1982 300D Turbo Diesel 225 sold
1987 300D Turbo Diesel 255k mi sold
1988 300 CE AMG Hammer 15k mi sold
1986 "300E" Amg Hammer 88k mi sold (it was really a 200, not even an E (124.020)
1992 500E 156k mi sold
etc.