1974 Mercedes 240D With Horrible Rod Knock

Picked it up for 200 dollars. It has some good parts on it.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• mercedes
• rod
• knock
• rally
• car
• w115
• w114
• w123
• /8
• heckflosse
• bmw
• ford
• chevy
• dodge

[n4120p]

Dude that is not a rod knock what u have is a stuck injector on one of the cylinder , u can hear the exhaust going puff puf of the cylinder limping along,,pull all injectors and check them one of them nozle is bad ,,, and please fix the glow deal and you have a fine car.

[mo1971fordcrew]

@n4120p It was a rod knock, I sent it to the dump, it's probably in China now as scrap metal.

[raremountainbear]

You actually paid money for that? Wow.

[mo1971fordcrew]

@raremountainbear I know right? pfffft

[waterfordjim]

That thing ROCKS. That motor is gonna grenade. Would be fun at a party with a brick on accelerator to take bets on how many seconds it will still run. :-)

[mo1971fordcrew]

@waterfordjim That would be epic!

[aaronpourazar]

you need to wait till the dash coil glows really hot untill you turn it on. And about the bet thing i want to say another 200,000 miles till she gernades just put some ply wood and 2x4's under the seats and you should be fine

[coolakiIlen007]

how can it be so rusty? my w123 -83 240<d sat 3 years in snow and rain here in Sweden, and it fired up in like one second.. it has just a bit of shallow rust, but one hole on the rear fender.. these cars are the most reliable, dunno what happened to yours though.. :P

[waterfordjim]

@n4120p .....or maybe someone poured a bucket of diarrhea into the gas tank; this is why it runs like SHIT. LOL

[tpvalley]

@raremountainbear

I would buy it for £200 never mind $!!

damn fine car.

[MrMoterKid]

Man! A diesel with a rod knock that bad...ain't gonna last long. Most diesels get little end knock. But with rod knock like that, it must've never had an oil change.