E220 engine failure
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So my 2011 E220 with 380k on the clock broke down today. Came off the motorway after c.30 miles at 50-70mph stopped at a T junction, pulled away to about 50 quite slowly and all the lights came on the dash and lost all power. Tried to restart 5-6 times really slow to turn over turned a couple of times then died.
Thought it was the battery / alternator.
Parents came out with jump leads, battery was showing 12v but only 8v cranking. So jumped and bingo started up. Made a lot of top end noise for 5-10 seconds then seemed ok. I assumed lack of oil from dry cranking. Drove the 30 miles home at 50mph. Seemed to drive fine.
As I came off the motorway to drive the couple of miles home it started knocking. Oh dear. Got home and the water temp was a bit higher than normal. 95c ish.
Made it onto the drive at home and it was running really rough. Turned off. Had a look under the bonnet all looks normal the only issue is the block is scorching hot. Took the oil cap off and quite a bit of smoke coming out. Cams looked a bit dry.
I suspect oil pump?
Is this even possible? I would have thought oil pump was chain driven or gear driven?
Water pump would show as very hot water temp and boil over.
It runs but very rough and makes some baaaad noises, metallic clunking and loud squeaking...
Anyone got any advice? Really liked this car
Thought it was the battery / alternator.
Parents came out with jump leads, battery was showing 12v but only 8v cranking. So jumped and bingo started up. Made a lot of top end noise for 5-10 seconds then seemed ok. I assumed lack of oil from dry cranking. Drove the 30 miles home at 50mph. Seemed to drive fine.
As I came off the motorway to drive the couple of miles home it started knocking. Oh dear. Got home and the water temp was a bit higher than normal. 95c ish.
Made it onto the drive at home and it was running really rough. Turned off. Had a look under the bonnet all looks normal the only issue is the block is scorching hot. Took the oil cap off and quite a bit of smoke coming out. Cams looked a bit dry.
I suspect oil pump?
Is this even possible? I would have thought oil pump was chain driven or gear driven?
Water pump would show as very hot water temp and boil over.
It runs but very rough and makes some baaaad noises, metallic clunking and loud squeaking...
Anyone got any advice? Really liked this car
OldGermanHeaps said:
Does your oil pressure light not work?
Its not hard to drop the sump and change the shells and oil pump on those if its the same engine as the van version.
Not sure if it has one, there are no lights on the dash and no CEL.Its not hard to drop the sump and change the shells and oil pump on those if its the same engine as the van version.
Ran it with the oil cap off and there is a small amount of oil circulating but I expected a lot more.
red_slr said:
£2500 + fitting (£500).
Not worth it on a car with that many miles IMHO.
Its worth probably £5k ish. Looks like I will get about £3k for it for spares / repairs.
You should be able to get an engine cheaper than that, have you tried Dronsfields in Oldham? I used to source lot of secondhand engines from there when I was with an independent Mercedes specialist.Not worth it on a car with that many miles IMHO.
Its worth probably £5k ish. Looks like I will get about £3k for it for spares / repairs.
Rat_Fink_67 said:
You should be able to get an engine cheaper than that, have you tried Dronsfields in Oldham? I used to source lot of secondhand engines from there when I was with an independent Mercedes specialist.
That's exactly who I went too. That's the cheapest they have at the moment.Gassing Station | Mercedes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff