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03-27-2008, 10:52 PM
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My Indy's tall tale, Is this possible?
Got my 300d back from the shop after some new oil cooler lines were installed. Happy day. I always enjoy visiting with my friend Mo who runs the shop.
I had to wait a bit while he was dropping in the last cylinder on a 911 turbo engine rebuild, kind of fun to watch. While he was doing this, he told me a story about a customer of his who destroyed the motor of his 300sd in a very stupid way. Help me confirm if this story could possibly be true. After filling his car with gas while on a roadtrip, he merged on the highway to see diesel fuel spilling out the back. He immediately pulled over and noticed he forgot to insert his gascap. Being a genius, he knew that his oil filler cap could work for his fuel cap, and a rag could jammed in the the gaping hole could adequately function as the oil cap  . Mo claims he made it less than a mile before the rag was sucked inside the valve cover and jammed open some valves which had a violent collsion with the piston at 3,000+ RPMs. This resulted in Mo doing a full rebuild.  Could this be possible? I didn't know one cap could fit over the other. I can't remember the year, but I think it was a W116. Wouldn't a rag substituting as a fuel cap, rather than an oil cap, be smarter? I know diesel prices are high, but jeeze. Could anyone be that stupid?
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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k  1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k  1980 240D Stick China 188k  2001 CLK55 AMG 101k  2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!! 
Last edited by TylerH860; 03-27-2008 at 10:59 PM. 
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