[W126 Coupe] 560SEC cracked engine block - how??

[Dawid Loubser]

Attila, if what you are saying is correct, that's likely
the cause. Its very possible that enough coolant escaped while
I moved the car to a safe spot for this to happen.

Darn, an expensive lesson to learn! I'm going to survey my
options and contact some people after the week-end.

Dawid


On 04 Nov 2010, at 11:02 PM, Attila wrote:


> 	You were likely down on your coolant, quite a bit.  Your

> 	warning light should have come on, long before the block

> 	cracked.  You can run these 117 engines for 30 seconds,

> 	without any coolant.  That's it, no more.  In the States

> 	there are about 3 reputable rebuilders who will take yours

> 	as exchange and send you a rebuild, at around $5k to 6k.

> 	They may be able to build you a Euro version, for about

> 	the same.  It's worth asking, in these economic times. Of

> 	course, it would be great fun to custom build your own.

> 	I wouldn't take a chance on any of the original parts,

> 	even if all tests come back positive.

>

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> Subject: [W126 Coupe] 560SEC cracked engine block - how??

>

> Well, it's happened -

>

> Without any particular overheating, or other problems, my regularly-

> maintained

> 1990 560SEC Euro has developed a crack in the engine block (my

> mechanic just showed

> it to me today) and thus needs to be replaced (at immense cost,

> obviously). He will

> present the options to me tomorrow. Basically, my car did start to

> overheat, and steamed

> out of the exhaust, but I immediately stopped driving the car, and

> towed it to my local

> specialist. I can't believe it overheated for long enough to cause

> this sort of damage,

> I barely expected a ruptured head gasket.

>

> This all comes as a bit of a shock to me, I know this is going to be

> incredibly expensive

> to sort out. I would like some opinion from the experts around here -

> has this happened to

> you? Why would this happen?

>

> I am looking at other options, such as simply finding a good other

> engine (which I might

> have a good lead on) - but honestly speaking, I am still in a bit of

> shock.

>

> kind regards to you all (I've been a lurker on this wonderful list for

> a *long* time - too long,

> in fact)

>

> Dawid

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