How you know it is this
- A failed engine where a repair costs more than the car is worth
- A spun bearing, a holed piston or a cracked block
- An engine with a timing failure that has bent valves
Worth knowing before you buy
- ASK FOR THE ENGINE CODE, not the model. A C 200 is an M271 in a W204 and an M274 in a W205 — the badge does not identify the engine and a wrong one will not fit or will not run.
- A compression and leak-down test before purchase is the only meaningful check on a used engine. Ask whether one has been done.
- Ancillaries are usually NOT included — the turbo, the alternator, the starter, the manifolds and the loom often transfer from your old engine. Establish exactly what is on it before comparing prices.
- An exchange rebuilt engine costs more than a salvage one and comes with a known history. On a car you intend to keep, that difference is usually worth paying.
- Find out why the old one failed. Fitting a good engine to a car with a cooling fault or an oil supply problem loses two engines.
What we need to quote it. The chassis number and the engine code, and what failed on the original. The chassis number settles the generation, the body and usually the engine in seventeen characters — it is on your mulkiya. A photograph of the old part helps where there is more than one version.
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Engines — complete, on exchange for your Mercedes-Benz?
Send the chassis number and a photograph of the old part. We come back with genuine, OEM and aftermarket options priced side by side, with lead times.
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