TIMELAPSE: Mercedes Benz W126 Engine Teardown: M116, 3.8L V8

[@johnkauppi7078]

As the owner of a Mercedes 380 SEC, I found that interesting. When compared to a 1963 Chevrolet 283 2bl V8, The Mercedes motor is over complex.And in Australia, where I'm from, the 380 put out 207 hp. European pollution gear and super grade leaded fuel.

[@6thGearGarage]

Thanks! Yeah, the US never gets the good stuff from overseas.

[@anthonysurico7592]

Thing was clean inside

[@sophiathe380sl]

Great video. Thanks for recording it.

[@caitsu]

Built to last

[@pietthiart4453]

Best engines ever bult

[@matthewvasquez9278]

Hahah No way I just bought your Upper Oil Pan from Ebay, I realized it cause you left the gasket on in the video

[@6thGearGarage]

Ha that's awesome - small world huh? Enjoy your internet famous upper oil pan, it has 10k views so far!

[@matthewvasquez9278]

@@6thGearGarage Yep just from your Local SoCal 😎

[@joacocervantes3523]

hi very good video. I would like to know how or where you bought the engine w126 because I have a mercedes 380 sec which does not work the engine that has. thank you very much.

[@6thGearGarage]

Hi, this engine came in a 1981 380SEL that I bought for $330 because it had been sitting outside for years. After going through the car, I decided it was worth more as parts than trying to fix and repair. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6TXgmWPpKeAb7c

[@anchongyang4157]

thanks for this video mate! 😊

[@6thGearGarage]

No problem 👍

[@matthewvasquez9278]

Great video, I need to replace the oil pump, but I don’t have a lower oil pan I have to take it all off by removing sub frame 😞

[@6thGearGarage]

That's no fun!

[@matthewvasquez9278]

@@6thGearGarage Yeah I decide to replace the oil pan with one from a 380sel

[@abbashussain6390]

Masterful

[@lilibethdoherty295]

Das ist sehr interessant

[@jlmealer5256]

The so-called laughable engine HP on this engine measured by today's fakeHP standards where the engine is stripped and on a stand (rather than fully dressed and at the rear wheels as checked in the 70s and 80s... would be more than double probably close to triple the old school ratings

[@matthewvasquez9278]

What Bolts did you use to hold engine on Holder, I know it’s Class 8.8 Bolts but don’t know length and width?

[@6thGearGarage]

Matthew Vasquez it’s been so long I can’t remember, but I know I had to go to the hardware store to get them because the engine-trans bolts didn’t work

[@matthewvasquez9278]

@@6thGearGarage really, I was just gonna take one of the bolts from transmission to engine and find one that matched

[@6thGearGarage]

Matthew Vasquez yeah it was the length that was the problem, but I can’t remember if they were too long or too short. Probably too short or else I would have put a stack of washers on the bolt.

[@forelasningarcthlindholmen5642]

Great video, thanks :) Any idea to hone the linings and indicate the crankshaft? was the engine just put together afterwards, with the oil pump replaced?

[@6thGearGarage]

This engine was sold for parts and never reassembled.

[@Tigerfire75]

I would take the whole engine

[@Riccoassennl]

155 HP? My M116 3,5 engine from 1972 has 205 HP

[@6thGearGarage]

US emissions killed HP. EU always got better engines.

[@AlienLivesMatter]

The 3.0L six from the 80’s makes more power than this v8

[@ibast1]

The later model engines had milder cams too. the early M116s were the cammiest of the M116/7s. With cams and ignition timing you can get more power out of these. The next wall is the intake manifold. Shame he scrapped it. It would have been a cool build.

[@alexanderstevens145]

@@ibast1 how many years would it take to learn how to rebuild an engine like this?

[@ibast1]

@@alexanderstevens145 nothing special about it. There's workshop manuals. If you've rebuilt any other engine you can do these. Only trick is the Alusil bores.

[@Добрыйсамаритянин-п7е]

5:00 полноопорная постель распредвала! Не что б на ом615 так сделали! Немцы, халтурщики!

[@mikebrozio]

6th gear garage, thanks to this time lapse. How is this project? I have a question, do you have a manual for rebuilding that engine? If so, could you email me, [e-mail] please? I have doubts, regarding the assembly process of the heads, and tightening. Thank you.

[@6thGearGarage]

Sorry, I do not.

[@dennismorritt]

@@6thGearGarage A Toyota manual for a Benz m116 engine? 🤔🤔

[@6thGearGarage]

@@dennismorritt Oops! I responded to the wrong comment!