Hard telling without investigating. Unless there's a picture window in the side of the block, who knows what its problem is?
If I came upon a car like this and knew nothing about it, I would first try barring it over to see if it would even turn. After that (if it didn't turn) I would run a borescope into the spark plug holes to see if there is anything obvious. The M130s were notorious for having the metal in the margins between the cylinder pairs erode on the head side. The resulting leak into the water jacket would allow coolant directly into the cylinder(s). In most cases this would be a long, gradual process, and you would see the symptoms well in advance of anything catastrophic occurring. If not, I guess you could hydrolock one or more cylinders and bend a rod. Never saw it happen, but I imagine it could. Dan > On Jan 3, 2015, at 4:37 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Seized: > > Could he mean the cylinders and rings have rusted together from setting in > a damp climate and never being run? > > On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > >> On Sat, 03 Jan 2015 15:59:51 -0500 Dan Penoff via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> I dropped him a note asking if he as sure it was seized: >>> >>> "Yes...have many years of engine rebuilding in my background." >>> >>> I wish him well. Parts for a rebuild will be pricey, I suspect. >>> I would look around for another car to get a good running engine. >> >> How about putting a different engine in it? >> >> >> Craig >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://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 >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner >> has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. >> > _______________________________________ > http://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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
