Posambique
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- Joined
- Jul 2, 2014
- Messages
- 628
- Location
- Helsinki, Finland
- Car(s)
- Porsche 944 -86, BMW 323i Coupe -96
Uuh! It surely does!
Yet even in his words, the S-class just feels like an S-class. It does everything it can to isolate the passengers from everything that's happening outside or related to the dirty business of traveling.
- In order to eliminate lifter clatter, last year I swapped the hydraulic lifters (I guess I forgot to make a post about that). But while the engine is now completely smooth and silent when first started there's still a very loud knocking noise which appears when the engine gets to normal operating temperature. It's possible one of the 12 lifters was bad, which I intend to solve/eliminate with 2 extra lifters I bought, but it's also possible the cam or rockers are on their last legs (or some other worse problem).
Any red flags/checklist regarding this one? I'm not in the position to merely go pick it up, but it's priced interestingly and doesn't immediately appear to be a complete beater.
Finally you are looking into a car I can support
Jupix;n3361028 said:- Engine leaks a lot of oil. The only way to fix that properly would be to basically lift and rebuild or replace the engine.
- The center muffler is only patched up and it will rot again soon enough. Also it's already leaking in another place (weld in one outgoing pipe from the center muffler) but didn't fail inspection... yet.
- The engine keeps stalling in a certain scenario, which I attribute to distributor cap. The engine eats distributor caps like bread. It's possible there's supposed to be a very large rubber O-ring between the distributor cap and the distributor, but there's none on this car, and moisture is developing rapidly into the cap, which I'm guessing is causing the stalling.
- In order to eliminate lifter clatter, last year I swapped the hydraulic lifters (I guess I forgot to make a post about that). But while the engine is now completely smooth and silent when first started there's still a very loud knocking noise which appears when the engine gets to normal operating temperature. It's possible one of the 12 lifters was bad, which I intend to solve/eliminate with 2 extra lifters I bought, but it's also possible the cam or rockers are on their last legs (or some other worse problem).
- There has been a terrible drivetrain vibration on this car for the last ~year. When it first appeared I tested another set of wheels and the car was still vibrating. By manually shaking the driveshaft it was obvious that the driveshaft center support bearing must be replaced. After having the bearing and flex disc swapped, the car is still vibrating. In the spring I need to test another set of wheels again, and if the car still vibrates, the only option would be to rebalance the driveshaft (for which there are no shops or experts in this area).
- The front brakes are in need of full overhaul (discs, pads, everything). The discs are dangerously worn and the brakes are sticking. (The vibration could be attributable to this as well.)
Because of those issues, I'm seriously considering selling or parking the car in the spring, when the 560SEC is drivable again. By considering, I mean one of those things will happen for sure, but don't know which one yet.