Mercedes benz 272 engine timing 

good to hear!

T60 at the rear to hold it.

if you're talking about the main front cover, the big one, yes you have to move the gears out of the way to remove the bolts the hold the front cover. On this engine we call the little windows were the camshaft magnets and sensor are "the front covers"

Thanx for your reply, ok as u say to remove the front-main timing chain cover (the big one), the cam gears have to moved out of the way to get access to 2 bolts each side. Once the timing chain is set in its position as shown in your video, how do u install the front-main timming chain cover, wudnt you have to again remove the cam gears again, to install the 2 bolts each side. Appreciate your time and response

well set engine at 40°tdc, break loose the camshaft bolts, you have to lock the intake camshaft gear with a pin and also zip tie the chain to the gears so it doesn't move and mark the chain to the gear just in case.you replace the big front cover also be very careful with the head gasket not to get crushed when pushing the front cover, once you put in the front cover then you put the 4 bolts and re-install the gears. Also you may have a hard time pushing the front cover because the timing chain plastic guides will be in the way, so figure it out😅 may need to push the guide with skinny long screwdriver,... good luck!

i did it with the gears still on

I would say yes, 2006 and 2007 have the old gears, they modified it after 2008. but if it was done already you don't have to worry about that

Nelson Garcia thanks my engine #30412449 I called the dealership they said it hasn’t been done but they were not very interested in looking it up do you know if the number falls in the bad engine it’s not doing anything just a little noise but with 170000 miles I would think if it would go down by now thanks for your help

yes,but on the 273 you don't have to remove the engine because it doesn't have a balanceshaft, only the gear which can be replaced through the front. and you don't have to worry about the gear to be set on a specific place. just the crank and the camshaft gears.

Thank you for the information I’m working on a 4.6 v8 I’m in the process of removing the harmonic balance any help on the special tool to remove it? Thank you Good video 👍

Hey, to remove the Harmonic Balancer/crank pulley you just need a 27mm socket with a good 1/2 air gun. If that doesn't take it out then yes you will need the special tool to hold the harmonic balance.

when i fill up with antifreeze when i drive for 1500 km in center, the car want 500 gr water a half liter ,is that normal?

yes it's safe to drive it, the only thing is that you will smell the oil been burn by the exhaust manifold. The coolant evaporates a little, so don't be surprised if you have to add a little coolant at every service

Nelson Garcia thank you very much, in my contry dont have good service for cars, one of them say u must have burn head gasket, my car never was with high temp overhating, never had smoke from exchaust and hever had misfire, can u tell me symptoms of head gasket faillure ? Please

well you will be loosing coolant which would be mixing with the engine oil and you'll see the oil turning into brownish color, like milkshake. Your engine won't be running good you will have misfiring on few cylinder,

I dont have any sign of those, but a little water lose, if happen this is it repareied? Or to buy a used engine Thank a lot my friend

si, es un 272 6 cylinder, lo unico diferente es los exhaust manifold, los oil pan and sub oil pan y el filtro plástico de la pompa de aceite y claro el oil dipstick tube and dipstick

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Nelson Garcia thanks how long will take to do this work

Nelson Garcia where is your shop, what is the cost for this job be done

About $4,000 parts and labor