Marshall wrote:
It's the same M103 engine used in the 300E. All the same strong and
weak
points apply. The car weighs about 450 lb more. Nice car, but hardly an
excess of power.
I am unfamiliar with the M103 engine, except that I know MB made a ton
of them and put them in a ton of
Donald Snook wrote:
I am unfamiliar with the M103 engine, except that I know MB made a ton
of them and put them in a ton of 124s. So, what are the strong and weak
points about the engine. I did some reading and I saw several posts
from people talking about needing valve jobs. Do these engine
Having owned a 89 300TE I can say it suffered from hydraulic lifter
noise at 200K miles.
However to fix that it required new lifers and everything in the
valve train replaced because
the replacement lifters were harder metal and I was told it would
damage the camshaft.
Replacement Camshaft
