yeah so last week my car died twice and the second time i pulled over i looked under the hood and oil was all over the place....the mechanic says i blew a hole in the side of the motor but i guess this was slowly happening because i had a oil leak, anyway would you get a new engine or just part out the car?

Holes don't slowly form in the block....they usually happen pretty fast.



I would recomend looking for a good used engine....new rebuilds are costly and with a hole in the block you can expect to not get a core return for that one. Luckily you don't have a wagon with SLS , those engines are far more rare and costly as a result.

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1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Please confirm that there is a hole.
You may still need a motor, but...
I don't know how often that happens, it seems more likely that
some other component blew, allowing oil to purge freely, causing
a condition like overheating to cause it to die.

Also, how many miles ? How many miles driven by you ?

My 300SD is leaking oil right now due to oil cooler line.
New lines are on the way.

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02 Z71 Suburban 117,000
15 Toyota Prius 2600 miles
00 Harley Sportster 24k
09 Yamaha R6
03 Ninja 250

it has 166*** on it, i got it around 124000. when i got it my dad said the person didn't drive it for about two years, i had electrical problems with it causing the hazards and other components not to work, recently i just put in a new alternator, water pump, vacuum pump and battery. when i replaced the alternator i noticed oil on my oil pan but didn't think anything of it. the mechanic says that i have a hole in the engine and its up to me with what i want to do. its my friends dads shop so i don't think the mechanic would lie, i just think its weird that all of a sudden its dead with a hole in the engine. i don't know what to do with it now, i guess sell it for parts on here and get a honda lol

i don't know what to do with it. i live on long island and its all the way on the other side of the island and will cost a arm and a leg to get it towed probably. it has a lot of new parts that i can resell but i don't know if i should tow it, junk it, or get a new engine.

You should be able to get a good used engine for under $1,000 assuming you can do the work yourself it beats junking an otherwise good car.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

The hole in the motor thing sounds fishy to me.

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'08 Chevy Tahoe
'93 Ducati 900 SS
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'86 Kawasaki KX 250
'88 Kawasaki KDX200
'71 Hodaka Ace 100
'72 Triumph T100R

what you should do with the car is largely dependent on what condition it's in (except for the engine). How's the rust, paint, seats, trans, A/C, etc. A good car is worth keeping whole, either to be fixed or sold as a mechanic's special. If it's rusty, it may be a parts car.

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"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

listen, look, .........and duck.

If the motor spun a rod bearing and kicked the connecting rod, that will punch a hole in the side of the block.

When was the last time you checked or changed the oil? Engines just don't all of a sudden throw a rod. MB builds some tough bottom ends.

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2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

i've had two do it, first one unexpectedly just went (78 300D) and the second one (83 300CD) started knocking very loudly right before it went. both left holes in the side of the engines just under the injection pump. the 83 had a hole on the other side was well.

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1980 500SE/AMG Euro
1981 500SEL Euro
1982 380SEL
1983 300TD
1983 500SEC/AMG Euro
1984 500SEC
1984 300TD Euro
1986 190E 2.3-16
1986 190E 2.3
1987 300D
1997 C36 AMG
2003 C320T 4matic

past: 1969 280SE 4.5 | 1978 240D | 1978 300D | 1981 300SD | 1981 300SD | 1982 300CD | 1983 300CD | 1983 300SD | 1983 380SEC | 1984 300D | 1984 300D | 1984 300TD | 1984 500SEL | 1984 300SD | 1985 300D | 1986 300E | 1986 560SEL | 1986 560SEL/Carat | 1987 560SEC | 1991 300D 2.5 | 2006 R350

to blow a rod on a benz you would have to run it out of oil or very low or have a broken oil pump or oil pump drive.

the bottom ends almost never wear out except with one of the above.

tom w

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Sorry about your motor, and I agree: What you do from here largely depends on the shape of the rest of the car.


On another note, are our signature entries supposed to be multiple lines of add space?
5 lines worth!!!!!

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'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

the paint is faded, the back window needs new seals so the trunk gets soaked as well as the back dash, the front window is cracked from a rock slammin into it, when i break it pulls to the right, the interior was just redone (leather wise) the only wood that is bad is the wood on the glove box, the tranny is good, i have a electrical problem where my lights on my cluster don't work/hazards don't work/antenna doesn't work/rpm gauge doesn't work. i don't know much about cars so i can't put in a new engine, my mercedes mechanic told me a while ago i'm gunna have trouble with it so i guess he's right. do you know where i could get that cheap engine thats around a grand? with these problems that i just listed is it worth keeping the car or taking out the good parts and selling them?

It sounds like you now have a parts car, and need to look for another. Of course, we're always looking for another, aren't we?

BTW, nice job cleaning up the sig line, although we'd like to see the car listing.....

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'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John