Car Messed Up
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Car Messed Up
I have a 97 e420, and my car is making a loud clicking noise, and it gets louder as the rpms go up, and i took the car to a mechanic, and he said that its better to either junk the car or trade it in for a lexus ( and i said HELL NO!!), but then he said if i take it to the dealership it will cost $5000 to put a new engine in. So im gonna take the car to the dealership soon, but before i do, i was just wondering if anybody had an idea of what the problem would be.
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Originally Posted by gujupimpster89@
I have a 97 e420, and my car is making a loud clicking noise, and it gets louder as the rpms go up, and i took the car to a mechanic, and he said that its better to either junk the car or trade it in for a lexus ( and i said HELL NO!!), but then he said if i take it to the dealership it will cost $5000 to put a new engine in. So im gonna take the car to the dealership soon, but before i do, i was just wondering if anybody had an idea of what the problem would be.
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I wouldnt take my car to a mechanic who tries to sell me a different car any more than I would take my car to a salesman and ask him to fix it. At some point in time you need to deal with someone who knows what the problem is.
The macroscopic view is ..... car > engine > section of engine > part in section > fault in part.
Someone who cant follow that path shouldnt be working on your car.
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1997 e420 doesn't have harmonic balancer recall. I'm thinking it's the ever so famous ticking lifter problem that these motors are famous for. do a search on the forum for ticking lifters, had the same problem i fixed it my self. This is probably what it is.
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This sounds like the infamous broken oil tube caps. I replaced one about 2 years ago and the ticking vanished. It reappered in different area, so I then replaced all of them. Ticking gone. Most of the cost is labor...good luck.
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Here is a how to, very common problem:
http://www.baxnet.com/merc/oilguides/story.htm
btw for a crate M119 think more then $5k. $19k was the last number I heard...
http://www.baxnet.com/merc/oilguides/story.htm
btw for a crate M119 think more then $5k. $19k was the last number I heard...
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Originally Posted by gujupimpster89@
I have a 97 e420, and my car is making a loud clicking noise, and it gets louder as the rpms go up, and i took the car to a mechanic, and he said that its better to either junk the car or trade it in for a lexus ( and i said HELL NO!!), but then he said if i take it to the dealership it will cost $5000 to put a new engine in. So im gonna take the car to the dealership soon, but before i do, i was just wondering if anybody had an idea of what the problem would be.
Thaks
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lol, no he didnt check the oil, but i found out that the noise wasnt a clicking noise, its actually a ratteling noise, coming from underneath the car, by the engine, i think it has something to do with the exhaust system, mayeb, and oh i know this sound stupid, but where is the catylic converter located?
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