20k 2021 Mercedes Sprinter Engine Failure. What’s the 2nd “C” (Cause)

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00:00This is a 2021 Mercedes-Benz 3-liter, and it's in the Sprinters.

00:06It blew a rod, a connecting rod, but I want to show you why this is beyond kind of repair.

00:10When you see this kind of damage here that I'm pointing to,

00:14where it's actually just totally annihilated the cooling, the water jacket.

00:18These motors are 20 grand.

00:21I won't be rebuilding this motor.

00:22You just wonder why a 2021 went down so quick.

00:25Obviously, there's a lot of shrapnel in here now,

00:27and there is an oil-level sensor on this motor.

00:30This motor will tell you when you're low on oil.

00:32Wow, only 70K.

00:34You can see it on the crank, too, but when it did,

00:37the keyway actually smushed on crank side and destroyed balancer side.

00:42Oh, so maybe that's because the engine stopped instantly when that rod failed.

00:46Imagine it must have been going kind of fast when it stopped.

00:49Dude, this is like inspector detector stuff, dude.

00:53Did he flip it into neutral, pulling a hill or something like that,

00:55and it just went to the floor?

00:56I mean, it's just a work van.

00:57Any ideas out there?

00:58You know I'm asking you.