H Y L O M A R The torque instructions say to use "wet" head bolts. Lubricate them with motor oil just before tightening. You want the resistance to come from bolt stretch, not friction.
-Dave Walton On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Michael LaFleur <mike.lafl...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > All the rods have to be with a certain number of grams in weight from each > other. I can't remember what it is exactly. My book is a couple of thousand > miles away. > > Did you remove one of the others to balance the new one? > > I reused the head bolts on my OM603.961 rebuild and they were all within > spec. A few months later I found coolant in my #5 cylinder. I don't know if > it was the head gasket (it looks good) or head bolts. > > Mike LaFleur > > > > > ________________________________ > From: dave walton <walton.d...@gmail.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: davesl...@okiebenz.com > Sent: Sat, November 14, 2009 5:10:35 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Who was it that replaced their #1 rod? > > I replaced just the #1 rod at 180,000 miles. It's just over 228,000 > now. So far, so good. > That was on my 94 S350. > Pulled engine and trans as a unit. > Two or three of the head bolts were out of spec and replaced. Others were > okay. > You have to be prudent on what items you replace or it gets way > expensive way fast. > > -Dave Walton > > > On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> wrote: >> I cant remember. Did you just replace the 1 rod? Was this on a 126 or a >> 140? If 140, were you able to do it with the engine in the car? Did >> replacing the rod correct your problem for good? >> >> -- >> Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK >> 95 E300, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 350SDL, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, >> 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 76 >> 240D, 76 300D, http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
