A flaky update. I now suspect a blown head gasket or cracked head. Before checking anything, I decided to try it and it started right up, kept going in the run position and I held it at about 2K RPM for awhile. Left it running and went to eyeball under the hood. I noticed a cloud of white smoke out the exhaust. The engine muffed down and quit. Under the exhaust the pavement was wet. After that it would start and stop like before.
After I got over my crying spell and had breakfast ( a little Cathey lingo there) I remembered on my short trip that it was running rough when I stopped to add coolant. Sorry for not providing you guys all the poop up front, I have a good memory, but its short. With 263,000 on the clock, I'm in the market for an engine. Of course I'll verify the need first by pulling all the plugs and cranking it over, I expect to get wet out of one of those holes. It was due a new timing belt, and going in there calls for replacing some other stuff. Thanks for every ones response and please don't keep any secrets if you think of something. Harry On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 5:07 PM, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suspect that one of the reasons for the timing belt rather than chains > is that they are quiet. The 4 cylinder > Toyotas have a chain drive but they tend to eat the guides and then the > cases if not changed soon enough. Nothing > lasts forever. > > Randy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Loren Faeth > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 4:41 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, Toyota problem > > > I still can't bring myself to consider an engine with a rubber band > drive as a reliable engine. A timing belt is still a glorified rubber > band. > > Toada and vw not withstanding. I don't get the reverence in which > toada is held. I didn't know they were foisting rubber band engines > on an unsuspecting public. > > Sometimes Detroit iron ain't so bad. Our last Dodge G Caravan had > 200k miles when Bambi bit it the last time. Current G Caravan has > 158k and I have never had to change a rubber band in either of > them NO MB (at least postwar) has ever had a rubber band to power it. > > At 04:30 PM 3/4/2008, you wrote: > >I don't think that version is around anymore. The 3.4 has 4 cams and > >24 valves etc. The 3.0 had only 2 cams and 12 > >valves. However, the 3.0 is a non-interference engine so if you wait > >too long to change out the cam drive belt, it > >won't hurt quite so much. > > > >Randy > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Loren Faeth > >Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 4:09 PM > >To: Mercedes Discussion List > >Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, Toyota problem > > > > > >Are those POS engines still being sold by Toada? Sure makes me > >question the reverence which is shown to Toada. > > > >At 11:42 AM 3/4/2008, you wrote: > > >On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 09:39:48AM -0800, Alex Chamberlain wrote: > > > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > It is worth pointing out that that particular v6 isn't > > exactly known for > > > > > reliability or ease of maintenance, > > > > > > > > Right, those are the ones with the notorious head gasket problem > > > > (which Toyota, to give them some credit, is apparently really good > > > > about fixing even on trucks long out of warranty). > > > > > >Head gaskets that blow, valves that beat themselves into the head, > valve > > >adjustments that require disassembly of the intake... > > > > > >Needless to say, it's a far cry from a 22R. > > > > > > >_______________________________________ > >http://www.okiebenz.com > >For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > >For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > Loren Faeth > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
