Not diesel related, but an interesting article/thread nonetheless.
Quote:
There are DIYs and then there are DIYs. Most of us can probably change the oil and swap the brake pads on our car, but how far will we go until we give up and take it to the dealer? This R63 owner, in the face of a $57,000 repair estimate for his smokey engine, decided to risk it all, and rebuild the engine himself.
Well all know how rare the R63 is. Less than 200 examples were ever built, making the V8-powered minivan a hard car to find. User "Mazdadeuce" over on the Grassroots Motorsports forums decided to pick up a white example with 94,000 miles on the clock from a Mercedes dealer without any kind of warranty. Sadly, 12,000 miles into ownership, one of the head bolts near the back of the engine failed, causing everything to go to hell.
|
More of the article here....
This Mercedes R63 AMG Owner is Rebuilding His Engine to Avoid a $57,000 Repair
Original thread link...
https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/build-projects-and-project-cars/r63-amg-the-unicorn-of-my-destruction/110824/page1/
Best wishes to this fella.. I hope it turns out well!
.
01-13-2017, 02:47 PM
Linear Mode
