While anything over 1/2 bar is probably Mercedes specification, we see a lot of cars that have 1.5 or higher oil pressure at hot idle. The only one I had that would dip below 1 bar had tons of blowby at idle (an '86 2.5 non turbo). I bought the car with the idea of swapping in a better engine because the exterior and interior was so nice...
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 12:22 PM, clay monroe <redgh...@comcast.net> wrote: > Yeah, i figured that. > > I am on a minor search of old M117 with good compression in a 116, since > they are not worth much and probably falling apart. Gamble that the engine > was taken care of. > > > On May 24, 2012, at 7:10 AM, Michael Canfield wrote: > > > There is no such thing as a leaking head gasket being a "non-issue". The > > head gasket is likely going bad between the two low cylinders. It will > > eventually destroy the head or block as the compression charge ignites > and > > blows back and forth between the two. It may not be worth the money to > fix > > but it is an issue for sure. > > > > Mike > > On May 23, 2012 10:06 PM, "clay monroe" <redgh...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > >> I am not knowing what running rich looks like, but will learn more about > >> that. Compression was 140 all around but for two contiguous pistons > with > >> 130 and 120. That side also has very minor head gasket leak. PPI indy > >> found all this and said the leak is a non issue at this point. The low > >> compression is probably due to kruff on valve that solvents will remove. > >> Indy says to just drive it and have fun. Rebuild or head work is more > >> than the car is worth. He says this to everybody and seems to hate > having > >> people spend money fixing old cars. He is scheduled three days out and > has > >> all racks loaded. > >> > >> If I snag a cheap rebuild M117, that is cool with me. Or I wait, enjoy > >> and when it goes downhill, I get him to rebuild. He does great work. > >> > >> clay > > > _______________________________________ > 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
