Basically yes. The balance shaft gears wear down (bad metal) and timing chain jumps and cams and valves get Very Unhappy
--FT Sent from iFōn > On Jan 23, 2024, at 12:20 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > What does "bad engine" mean? Blows up at > 100k miles? > >> On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 11:48 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Engine number is 272967 30 292250 per the VIN, which according to the >> Mercedes Medic site is a bad one. A shame, looks pretty nice otherwise >> though the price is very optimistic. >> >> >> https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/d/park-ridge-2006-mercedes-benz-ml350/7710221930.html >> _______________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________ 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
