Ok good to know. I wont bother with lower rails then. To change the banana rail, it looks like the cam sprocket has to be removed. Should I just order a new one or use old? Not sure about wear. Car has around 250K miles.
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 12, 2013, at 6:27 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > Generally, you don't change the rails in the block unless you have the block > out to work on it. You can change the banana rail with the head on, but the > others...forget about it. If the engine had 400k or 500k miles on it, > that'd be a different story. at under 250k there should be no reason to > change the lower guides, and the banana rail is questionable how worn it is. > Change the chain and the tensioner, and maybe the rails in the head. > (banana on the tensioner and the one on the IP side.) > > If the pistons and/or cyl liners need to be changed, then change the rails in > the block, and the crank sprocket. > > >> 240D >> >> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Rich Thomas >> <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: >>> what kind of car is it? On the TD and the SD you basically just undo the >>> cap screws holding it on, after you get some stuff out of the way. >> > --R >> > > > _______________________________________ > 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
