I'm getting confused.
So the engine in this car is not a rod bender, correct? If not,
what was the issue with these? Are these the ones that would crack
the heads of overheated (#14 head)?
Befuddled Dan
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The 86-87 SDL is NOT a rodbender. Those came later and were 350SDs,
until in the 140, they went back to calling it a 300SD, because they
had trashed the name of the 350SD.
all were 14 heads, and some made problems early on. Out of 5 OM603s,
i've owned all were 14 heads and were reliable. Herr Doctor
theorized in his latter years that perhaps most of the bad castings
were replaced by then, and the remaining ones were good. I buy into
that theory.
As long as the compression is good, I would not worry about it other
than to keep the coolant tank filled to the right level and check it
regularly. I put something like 250k miles on my first SDL with the
14 head, and the head never made trouble.
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