617 very low on oil.........now down on power......... - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

pmally · #1 10-21-2006, 04:36 PM

Well, I ran out of oil in my car and now it wont quite make it up hills from a dead stop. Does anyone know what it would take to drop a nice chevy straight 6 engine in it?

bgkast · #2 10-21-2006, 04:40 PM

A big shoe horn.

That car was too well engineered anyway.

#3 10-21-2006, 04:43 PM

Are you just guessing it's bad or have you really checked it out?

How bad is the blow-by?
Is the camshaft scored?
Did you do a valve adjustment?
Did you check the compression?
Did you make sure it's not just a plugged fuel filter?

spamman450 · #4 10-21-2006, 04:46 PM

drop a 350 in it. www.jagsthatrun.com has a adapter thingy for the driveshaft.

sixto · #5 10-21-2006, 04:46 PM

If you don't hear loud knocking sounds maybe only turbo noticed the loss of oil. Can you spin the compressor impeller with your fingers? DON'T GET CUT!

Sixto
93 300SD

pmally · #6 10-21-2006, 04:50 PM

well i havent even tought about doing anything like that, the car runs perfectly until it has to go up a steep hill from a dead stop.

pmally · #7 10-21-2006, 04:53 PM

i was low about 6 quarts of oil

JimmyL · #8 10-21-2006, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by pmally

i was low about 6 quarts of oil

WHY??????

seo · #9 10-21-2006, 07:08 PM

One virtue of the 5-cyl diesel engine is that it lives longer than the bodies, which rust out up north. Which means that they can be found here and there, now and then, up north, attached to bodies that aren't inspectable anymore. I've seen 300's with engines that start right up sell for $750, because the body couldn't be inspected. Salt damage.
That amount of money won't even get you started on a 6-cyl chevy transplant. I've done a few transplants in my foolish youth: 289 Ford into 1962 LandRover 88, Volvo B20 into Triumph TR4, and have done many conversions of powerplants in workboats and yachts.
Unless you know someone who's done the conversion and has a reliable log of the jobs and hours, you really don't know how long it will take. But unless you have access to a shop with milling machines and a fairly longbed lathe, expect it to be expensive.
The business of putting small-block chevy engines into Jags was an okay idea because the Jag engine was so short-lived and expensive to rebuild that many okay Jag bodies were sitting around engineless. Also, a XJ6 with a 350 chev went faster than stock.
seo

kip Foss · #10 10-21-2006, 08:36 PM

before you do a Chevy conversion check that the bell housing will fit. I understand that the MB trans. hump is just slightly too small to accept the Chevy bell housing.

Check out the 5.0 Ford engine. I think it is lighter, narrower, and the housing smaller. Let us all know if it works. I am looking at putting a 5.o in my 450slc.

diametricalbenz · #11 10-21-2006, 08:59 PM

Pmally......may I ask where my refund is for the W116 light that was never recieved 6 months ago?

Hatterasguy · #12 10-21-2006, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by diametricalbenz

Pmally......may I ask where my refund is for the W116 light that was never recieved 6 months ago?

Hmmm

diametricalbenz · #13 10-22-2006, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

Hmmm

I have had no reply to repeated emails and posts for a promised refund (email proof) but suddenly this thread appears out of the blue......so watch out dieselers!

SootyPast · #14 10-22-2006, 07:56 AM

I have a line on an 84' engine. 120k and was running super strong. As stated above, you CAN find them up north where they rust out. This engine was already once removed from the original 300sd and is now sitting in a euro version 240. The guy will sell the whole car for around a thousand dollars to me. I just have too much stuff going on. The interior is cherry as well. Good headlight assy's etc. Email me if I can help. Car would be located in Pa @ the Ohio border. Seems like it would drive anywhere.

JimmyL · #15 10-22-2006, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by diametricalbenz

I have had no reply to repeated emails and posts for a promised refund (email proof) but suddenly this thread appears out of the blue......so watch out dieselers!

We could all tell that this was one of those "roll your eyes" threads. If you can't check your oil, you certainly can't do an engine swap as complicated and foolish as was proposed.
Pmally, sack up and fullfill your obligation..........