Well, Brian we are over the tears, but thank heavens for towing insurance, saved us about $3K. And the new motor is sweet, we lucked into an out of frame rebuild with very few miles on it, they just got it running then dropped a crane on the truck it was in. We bought the engine from the scrap yard.
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, BStromsoe <bstromsoe@...> wrote:
>
> All I can say is, "Ouch, that hurt." Reminded me of mine seizing up when I put
> two holes in my oil pan. All you can do is cry.
>
> brian from la verne, ca
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Lost but making good time. <aldridgetony97@...>
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Mon, March 7, 2011 7:34:22 AM
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: BioD E300
>
>
> Grump, the Detroit 6v92 is a two stroke, the piston stopped, with enough force
> to break the cylinder liner in two at the inlet ports. The piston was gone into
> little pieces and the connecting rod was bent like a pretzel. Did not bother to
> check the exhaust valves or cam as it was obvious the motor was not worth
> rebuilding.
>
>
> Possible causes;
> An injector stuck open and washed the walls.
> A ring broke,
> The piston broke,
> Cyl head or gasket failed catastrophically tho there was no creaming of the lube
> oil but there was antifreeze in the pan because the liner broke. Something went
> through the turbo & shredded it, the muffler was full of antifreeze.
> So since a good motor costs something between $10 & $20K by the time you get it
> installed, I cannot take any chances.
>
> Does a centrifuge take out contaminants that are in solution, as salt and sugar
> would be?
>
>
> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Old Grumpy <grumpygubbe@> wrote:
> >
> > That's really weird - did you find out why the piston stopped? What did the
> > rings and valves look like? Was your timing OK? Any breaks on the rockers,
> > any uneven wear on the cam?
> >
> > Why do you suppose that washing and super filtering will help. A centrifugal
> > filter would sort all that anyway.
> >
> > I don't think it could have anything to do with wvo either. Please expand
> > upon your thoughts.
> >
> > /G.
> >
> > 2011/3/7 Lost but making good time. <aldridgetony97@>
> >
> > > I was running my Detroit Diesel on a mix of filtered WVO and petro D, did
> > > about 5000 miles & then one of the pistons stopped while the other 5 kept
> > > going - $12,000 later I decided that there was more to running WVO than just
> > > filtering. If and when I use it again I will filter it wash it,( to get out
> > > the salts and sugars) dry it, & filter it again.
> > > I do not think the WVO caused the failure, but since I am not sure I pay
> > > the $500 per tank full, (144 gal tank) for petro D.
> > >
> > > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Brad Eldridge <drbraddc@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >>
> > > > Posted by: "Mac" francismcwilliams@
> > > > <francismcwilliams@?Subject=+Re%3A%201996%20E300%20Diesel>I
> > > > have a 1999 E300 that has been running great on weather-determining
> > > > concentrations (10% - 99%) of WVO for 75k miles. Zero conversion. Filter
> > > it
> > > > well and dump it in the gas tank.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the info! Very encouraging! New glow plugs arrived, so I hope
> > > to
> > > > be brewing and on the road soon.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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