chamm

Driving home tonight on the freeway at about 80mph, my check engine light came on once again, it was solid. About 1 mile later it started blinking, I was planing to get off on the next off ramp, about 1 mile away. About 30 seconds later smoke came billowing out from under the hood and the back of the car. I get off the next exit and pull into a parking lot. By the time I park and get out of the car, there is a puddle of oil coming from under the drivers side and smoke is everywhere. I got it towed home and will check it out tomorrow. The top-end of the engine is clean so my guess is it through a rod either throught te oil pan or the bottom of the block. Either way it is not good.
It is a sad night, on a side note: Does anyone know of a used engine for sale?

SGTzAMG

Ouch!
your in Roseville too!

do u have a silver C32 dude??

ey hit us up dude, maybe we can help,

let us know how everything turns out.

chamm

Yeah, I am in Roseville and it is silver. I go to school at Sacramento State. I'm going to dig into it tomorrow and once I find the extent of the damage I will go from there.

c32AMG-DTM

Sorry to hear of your engine woes. Current mileage?

Keep us posted...

alkrstev

Truly sorry about what happened. Hope you can fix it and wont need a new engine. BTW, did that look like engine oil or tyranny oil on the ground?

King320

Maybe a timing chain tensioner issue? Happened to me once. The tensioner backs out over time and can start to leak oil. I caught mine early, but if you dont the oil can leak, timing chain breaks and the engine jumps time. Hope that isnt what happened to you. Best of luck.

mikekuriger

a rod makes a LOT of noise long before it lets go. Unless you've been hearing a jackhammer under the hood for months, you're probably safe on this one. Let us know what you find!

60n5pt1

At least you didn't crack an enginge block like someone's post.
But, still, OUCH!! I hope this doesn't hurt too badly.
Keep us posted.

BTW, weren't you in Fremont, CA for the LET tune last January?

SGTzAMG

NICE!! so your the C32 i saw parked outside parking structure III dude this was a while back, super slammed on stock matte black wheels?


well let us know how it goes man, let me konw maybe buddies an i can help, DUDE! come out and play with the capital city kids! seriously where u been???

W203Ramos

sorry to hear about that....keep us posted
GL!

chamm

I removed the belly pans this afternoon, and this is what I found. Thole is right above where the oil pan bolts to the block. It is about 3 inches across and about 1 inch tall. I found an engine at a local wrecking yard out of a 2002 SLK32 with 35000 miles for $1100, the engine has some minor damage to the left valve cover and the cam gear is broken, I will probably swap the entire head with the good one from my engine. Anything special I should check out or inspect before purchasing this used engine. Thanks
Hole in the engine

Engine from the wrecking yard

loudandheard

You have your work cut out for you. You're very fortunate you were able to find another engine in fairly decent shape. I would do an entire rebuild if you can. Maybe do a few upgrades while you are in there. Maybe upgrade the cams, various new gaskets, etc. I would figure out what happened to your previous engine and figure out what can be done to prevent that.

Here's a general guide on rebuilding your engine.
http://www.aa1car.com/library/engine2t.htm

c32used

Sorry...hope u get her on the rode soon..

c32AMG-DTM

So, what went wrong with your original engine? Other than the obvious hole, I mean. And, do you datalog at all?

Dingleberry

Suspicious of a tune made way too lean

King320

Why not look for a 55K motor?

MIKESV8

that sucks! i would definately look a little more before purchasing a slightly damaged engine. i think i've seen your car in the sac. area while i was visisting my uncle.

SGTzAMG

DDUDDEE!!!!!!!! HIT US UP!! i wanna see this!

seriously, where did u go locally to find this engine?? INFO INFO!

TIA! GL with everything man, and one day i think u should come out and play with the rest of the CApital City kids

AirFrcd

I have a "spare" motor w.out the s/c. It has 16k miles, and is located in the South Bay area.
I purchased it for approx $3.5k.