I can tell you exactly what happened because I did this myself. When they put the engine in when they were putting the u pipe for the air cleaner back on one of the big o rings was not seated in there right and got sucked into the turbo and caused exactly what you described. Had it happen to me seen several cars it happened to
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 15, 2011, at 5:47 PM, andrew strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Misdirection play! > > My mechanic (actually, his son) heard the screeching noise as i pulled into > the yard and popped the hood to do a visual inspection of.... > > The TURBOCHARGER! - It's completely shot! No fins left! The noise > originated under the hood at the front of the engine and got transmitted > through the exhaust to the REAR of the car, making me and everyone else in > the car conclude it was somehow the differential. Fake out! Fortunately, I > didn't do any permanent damage to the engine. > > These turbos rarely go bad, according to the tech. > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> Mitch Haley wrote: >> >>> Fmiser wrote: >>>>> Mitch Haley wrote: >>>> >>>>> 100 miles north of me: >>>>> http://centralmich.craigslist.org/cto/2536917563.html >>>> >>>> If it's a manual transmission, then is it turbo? Or does it >>>> have SLS? I wouldn't count on either. >> >>> Manny tranny + cloth seats and manny windows = Not MBUSA >> No >>> turbo. I knew that 'over there' sedans with factory hitch = >>> SLS, are you saying that euro wagons without hitches didn't >>> have SLS? >> >> I don't know. I just would not presume that it _does_ have it. >> >>> I wouldn't entirely mind a wagon without SLS if it was exactly >>> as the factory engineered it. Half-arsed SLS delete >>> conversions I can do without. >> >> I _really_ like the SLS. But I tend to fill my cars... >> >> -- Philip >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
