2007 Winnebego View ('06 Sprinter chassis) that I've had for 4 years (12,000 miles when I bought it) suddenly lost power and developed a missfire. No bang, rattle, pop, codes or smoke.
Several shops and a needless new injector later we diagnose no compression in cyl5 and a borescope camera shows shinny new metal around the outside of the piston (can't see any detail on walls). To be fair nobody including me believed that was the issue since these engines are so robust and there was no drama to the failure.
I figure since the mileage is so low and the damage seems to be isolated it's a good candidate for rebuild and I have a shop lined up. However they're not sprinter specialists so I'm worried they'll rebuild everything competently and we'll be no wiser as to the cause. BTW Jasper's website decodes my VIN to a 612 engine where as I'm pretty sure (and just confirmed by Gates vin decoder) that I have a 647, for their prices it's a detail I'd want them to get right.
Anybody ever had this type of failure before? 20 miles after refueling (Flying J), so I don't know if that's a factor or not.
Several shops and a needless new injector later we diagnose no compression in cyl5 and a borescope camera shows shinny new metal around the outside of the piston (can't see any detail on walls). To be fair nobody including me believed that was the issue since these engines are so robust and there was no drama to the failure.
I figure since the mileage is so low and the damage seems to be isolated it's a good candidate for rebuild and I have a shop lined up. However they're not sprinter specialists so I'm worried they'll rebuild everything competently and we'll be no wiser as to the cause. BTW Jasper's website decodes my VIN to a 612 engine where as I'm pretty sure (and just confirmed by Gates vin decoder) that I have a 647, for their prices it's a detail I'd want them to get right.
Anybody ever had this type of failure before? 20 miles after refueling (Flying J), so I don't know if that's a factor or not.