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» Poor idle quality due to oil feed tubes falling into crankcase
Mercedes-Benz 400SE
Report: Poor idle quality due to oil feed tubes falling into crankcase
Mercedes-Benz 400SE Problem
Model Year Affected: 1992
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Oil feed tubes break and fall into the crankcase (engine) and the tappet becomes noisy
(ticking), resulting in degraded idle quality. Our technicians recommend
replacing all of the tubes at the same time, broken or not.
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