As I recall, there wasn’t anything “official”, but if a car came in under warranty or close to it with the symptoms, it got replaced.
My former 350SDL got either a crate engine or short block, I couldn’t quite tell exactly which from the VMI, around 90k. -D On Feb 13, 2024, at 12:03 PM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: IIRC, there was a factory recall on the rodbenders to address this problem. On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 12:41 PM dan penoff.com<http://penoff.com/> via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: 300SDL version was prone to water jacket leaks in the head/head gasket, as I recall. There were later heads (014?) that were redesigned to address the issue. 350SDLs had leakage problems as well that when extreme, would cause the #1 cylinder (typically) to hydrolock, causing the connecting rod to bend. I also recall that there could be issues with cylinder wear, with significant oil consumption being the tell (more than 1 quart/1,000 miles, as I recall.) Correct me on any of this as necessary, my memory is a bit sketchy on these as it’s been a while since I’ve dealt with any of them. -D > On Feb 13, 2024, at 10:36 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > On 13/02/2024 11:33 AM, dan penoff.com<http://penoff.com/> via Mercedes wrote: >> I thought they were the same engine but the 350SDL had 210 ci versus 183 ci >> for the 300SDL? I believe the displacement difference would have been a >> change in both bore and stroke. >> >> Different heads, too, as I recall. >> >> -D >> > Did they share the problem, or was one worse than the other? > > Randy > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.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<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
