SL/R129: Help with my "V7 SL437.5"
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Help with my "V7 SL437.5"
Hey guys, I've got a 91 SL with 210,000 miles on it - Just did a compression check and found that cylinder 2 is a goner - not completly, it reads at about 110-140, and 175 wet. The others are around 190-210.
Thing is, I took it in to talk to an ex-car engineer, and he said that if I wanted to, I could just drive it around like that, and I can't really do any further damage to it. The car runs, surprisingly, quite smooth for a "7 cylinder" and I'm thinking about just leaving it alone.
On the other hand, if the piston can be removed from the bottom of the car, the new ring (valves are good), can probably be just a 1,000 dollar job, or close to that.
SO, after my sob story, the question is, does anybody know how easy it is to pull the piston from the bottom of the car? Thanks, --CHRIS
Thing is, I took it in to talk to an ex-car engineer, and he said that if I wanted to, I could just drive it around like that, and I can't really do any further damage to it. The car runs, surprisingly, quite smooth for a "7 cylinder" and I'm thinking about just leaving it alone.
On the other hand, if the piston can be removed from the bottom of the car, the new ring (valves are good), can probably be just a 1,000 dollar job, or close to that.
SO, after my sob story, the question is, does anybody know how easy it is to pull the piston from the bottom of the car? Thanks, --CHRIS
Last edited by iamsuperchris; Mar 26, 2008 at 04:09 PM.
