I love the way this one is set up. The ads on the other forums are crazy, and I'm not patient enough with load times to deal with it. Keep this place independent and ad free and people will start appearing. I'll do my part to post helpful information as I go along with my '14 ED.
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02-AZ-DR09-PCC-LED-RF-A
Get these for the best price you can, made in Taiwan by EagleEyes. I've been to their factory and worked with their engineering teams, they make nice stuff. I put a set of high output LEDs in and they are fantastic. They'd work well with a drop in HID kit...
The only thing they share in common is that they are V6s, have the same displacement, and both use common-rail injection by Bosch.
Mercedes makes their own engines. The 3.0L V6 is engine code OM642, and it has been around for a while now (2006). Cast iron block, very different layout of...
"The hpfp gear only is held on by bolt pressure and there is nothing else holding the hpfp gear to the exhaust cam gear other than just friction? There's no pins, keyways, dowels or nothing, so that bolt torque slightly changes, bam the cam timing gear slips and valves start smacking the tops of...
Have you done a compression test? If pump and injectors are healthy that's all that is left really. I haven't found a good disaster tool, but the factory too can display injection amount and timing so you can see if any of the injectors are reading off time or out of balance.
I am always...