It's got right at 200k. What I find strange is the coolant tank is literally filled to the very top of the fill hole.
I will have to look at the pump, did not notice if it was old style or new style. Sent from my iPhone > On May 6, 2016, at 8:23 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > >> You will of course want to find all the missing bits of the broken chain, >> which may have found their way to do damage to other internal engine >> parts.. right? >> >> Seems it would be a prudent time to pull the front timing cover and inspect >> all chain guides and drive gears. If the chain wore enough to break, seems >> likely the gear teeth it runs against also have excessive wear, and >> certainly the chain guides... >> >> Just a thought.. > > > What does the front of the vacuum pump look like? Old style? If so, > probably a ball bouncing around that broke the chain. In that case, the > break will be pretty clean. the balls will be in the bottom of the pan, and > won't go anywhere unless you can get them out. > > The only things that normally break the chain are balls form the vac pump or > hydro-lock from a head gasket fail. How many miles on the thing? I think > not enough to break the chain from mileage. > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
