Hello friend, I have a problem with my MBE 4000 engine. The air compressor gear broke and I need to remove the camshaft to replace it. Can you tell me what steps I should follow to remove the camshaft?
When I diagnose or rebuild these engines it's either a mbe 900 medium duty ( like a Cummins b series, small displacement and single cylinder head) or mbe 4000 heavy duty(12.7 liter individual cylinder heads and push rod engine). The engines change for emissions, epa 04 and epa 07. But there is no service literature otherwise than 900 or 4000 for that year.
Hi Ryan, I need your detail opinion. A guy is selling 2007 freightliner columbia with mbe 4000 engine. Truck has 950,000km, it was rebuilt by freightliner in 2019 and was driven 300,000km after rebuilt. Truck was well cared and tires, batteries, alternator, radiator and clutch plate. The engine looks clean there is no leak around engine. We have got deal for 40,000 dollars. Every mechanic that I have talked is saying don't buy this motor, it is a junk and will cost me great amount of down time. What do you think about mbe 4000 engine in terms of reliability, parts availability and mechanics even touching that engine. I won't be able to afford dealership to get it fixed. Please guide me
The mechanics your dealing with are right. To high of mileage. 07 if it has a dpf filters then definitely no. We see some wild issues with Mercedes’ engines. Unless they put a new camshaft into it I wouldn’t touch it. To fix leaks can get pretty costly. Air compressors and even ac compressor are expensive. I’m not a fan of the freightliner.
Question is it possible to just change just the one head the is leaking to new style or do you have to change all of them? Can you mix new head with old heads
One can be changed. There is only the head gasket that is different to the new head. Dimensions are exact and you can’t tell it’s an updated head unless you remove it and inspect where the coolant passage has been recessed for a thicker coolant passage o ring that is part of the new gasket.
If it’s clean and has no dpf filter then I would take a chance. If it does have a dpf filter than it has to be very clean and low mileage or your taking over somebody’s problem. Mercedes at this time is hard to get parts and last I heard injectors for the last years of mbe4000 are on back order.
@@Dhageykerow these mbe4000 aren’t overly powerful. As long as it starts good and the oil lines and coolant lines don’t look like there getting too rotten then this is a pretty basic diesel. if your engine light turns on for egr it’s just the valve generally. And turning the key off clears all codes. Bare in mind the 866 000 was the best years now it’s will take some more maintenance to keep it going. Knock on wood I’ve seen them with 30 000 hrs in massive cement trucks before needing expensive rebuild cause you couldn’t keep coolant in the engine from heads leaking.
Buddy can you tell me where I can get old style head gaskets since my mechanic says he has to get new cylinder heads in order to do inframe? I really don’t want to change cylinder heads since they are pretty expensive
I’m a mechanic at a dealership. Sadly I wouldn’t want to rebuild one with old style heads but if the boss told me to than I do. 90% of the time I only change the head on the cylinder leaking. I don’t change pistons unless there is broken rings, even then I might only just rebuild that cylinder. Dude this shit is to expensive, some of our clients have reduced labour rates in our contracts, we use policy on trucks that were bought from use.
ToadHoleOntario The thing with my engine is that cylinder rod broke plus crankshaft is gone so now I have to disassemble engine but to do head gaskets I need new cylinder heads since they don’t have old style gaskets. Cylinder heads are expensive. I really don’t know what to do. Do you have any advice I would appreciate it?
A broken rod is very bad. I can’t see how that block is salvageable. Oil related stuff I don’t rebuild the engine. It has to be completely washed so it doesn’t have any metal dented in the oil passages
ToadHoleOntario Please can you explain what is difference between old and new style mbe400 head gaskets? Is it number of holes on them or something else? I am trying to find old style
I work out of a Western Star Dealership in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Completetruckcentre.ca. New truck PDI and warranty work is my main work. We also have a separate spring shop and parts department.
@@naodasrat I couldn’t even give you a ball park. Parts and labour changing at the moment is skyrocketing the price. Working at a dealership I see they want to sell new trucks not keep old ones going.
I have the same problem two trucks same engine 05 sterling needs oil pump really overhaul. The other is 04 fright day cab leaks oil from new air compressor so bad seal also leaking coolant from two heads from rear of engine straight six I believe
Getting the bill from working on this engine makes it garbage. Unlike a cat or Detroit you don’t need heavy equipment to pull those little heads off. Dealing with the exhaust brake on an mbe 4000 right now. The bill is higher than what I could afford.
A secret to prime that motor is take the fuel caps off, turn the key to the on position not starting the truck, count to 60, then turn off count to 60. Do that 3 times, press on the gas pedal 3-4 times, hold down, start the truck. Put the fuel caps back on to keep air out
Hello friend, I have a problem with my MBE 4000 engine. The air compressor gear broke and I need to remove the camshaft to replace it. Can you tell me what steps I should follow to remove the camshaft?
You have a job so yes
Hi I am getting a sterling truck with the MBE 460 ,is there a difference between the 460 and the 400,
It's either an mbe400 or mbe 9000
OM460LA and MBE4000 are same motor, just a different name.
When I diagnose or rebuild these engines it's either a mbe 900 medium duty ( like a Cummins b series, small displacement and single cylinder head) or mbe 4000 heavy duty(12.7 liter individual cylinder heads and push rod engine). The engines change for emissions, epa 04 and epa 07. But there is no service literature otherwise than 900 or 4000 for that year.
Hi Ryan, I need your detail opinion. A guy is selling 2007 freightliner columbia with mbe 4000 engine. Truck has 950,000km, it was rebuilt by freightliner in 2019 and was driven 300,000km after rebuilt. Truck was well cared and tires, batteries, alternator, radiator and clutch plate. The engine looks clean there is no leak around engine. We have got deal for 40,000 dollars. Every mechanic that I have talked is saying don't buy this motor, it is a junk and will cost me great amount of down time. What do you think about mbe 4000 engine in terms of reliability, parts availability and mechanics even touching that engine. I won't be able to afford dealership to get it fixed. Please guide me
The mechanics your dealing with are right. To high of mileage. 07 if it has a dpf filters then definitely no. We see some wild issues with Mercedes’ engines. Unless they put a new camshaft into it I wouldn’t touch it. To fix leaks can get pretty costly. Air compressors and even ac compressor are expensive. I’m not a fan of the freightliner.
When you installed new injectors did you have to upload trim code files?
Question is it possible to just change just the one head the is leaking to new style or do you have to change all of them? Can you mix new head with old heads
One can be changed. There is only the head gasket that is different to the new head. Dimensions are exact and you can’t tell it’s an updated head unless you remove it and inspect where the coolant passage has been recessed for a thicker coolant passage o ring that is part of the new gasket.
Would you recommend buying 2007 Columbia on this engine?
If it’s clean and has no dpf filter then I would take a chance. If it does have a dpf filter than it has to be very clean and low mileage or your taking over somebody’s problem. Mercedes at this time is hard to get parts and last I heard injectors for the last years of mbe4000 are on back order.
@@ToadHoleOntario thanks a lot
@@ToadHoleOntario it has an egr, no other emission b4 the mufflers, 866,000 miles on it,
@@Dhageykerow these mbe4000 aren’t overly powerful. As long as it starts good and the oil lines and coolant lines don’t look like there getting too rotten then this is a pretty basic diesel. if your engine light turns on for egr it’s just the valve generally. And turning the key off clears all codes. Bare in mind the 866 000 was the best years now it’s will take some more maintenance to keep it going. Knock on wood I’ve seen them with 30 000 hrs in massive cement trucks before needing expensive rebuild cause you couldn’t keep coolant in the engine from heads leaking.
@@ToadHoleOntario thank you,
Buddy can you tell me where I can get old style head gaskets since my mechanic says he has to get new cylinder heads in order to do inframe? I really don’t want to change cylinder heads since they are pretty expensive
Engine is 2004 in 2005 Columbia
I’m a mechanic at a dealership. Sadly I wouldn’t want to rebuild one with old style heads but if the boss told me to than I do. 90% of the time I only change the head on the cylinder leaking. I don’t change pistons unless there is broken rings, even then I might only just rebuild that cylinder. Dude this shit is to expensive, some of our clients have reduced labour rates in our contracts, we use policy on trucks that were bought from use.
ToadHoleOntario The thing with my engine is that cylinder rod broke plus crankshaft is gone so now I have to disassemble engine but to do head gaskets I need new cylinder heads since they don’t have old style gaskets. Cylinder heads are expensive. I really don’t know what to do. Do you have any advice I would appreciate it?
A broken rod is very bad. I can’t see how that block is salvageable. Oil related stuff I don’t rebuild the engine. It has to be completely washed so it doesn’t have any metal dented in the oil passages
ToadHoleOntario Please can you explain what is difference between old and new style mbe400 head gaskets? Is it number of holes on them or something else? I am trying to find old style
Where you located?
I work out of a Western Star Dealership in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Completetruckcentre.ca. New truck PDI and warranty work is my main work. We also have a separate spring shop and parts department.
How much does it cost to rebuild or put another Benz engine?
@@naodasrat I couldn’t even give you a ball park. Parts and labour changing at the moment is skyrocketing the price. Working at a dealership I see they want to sell new trucks not keep old ones going.
I have the same problem two trucks same engine 05 sterling needs oil pump really overhaul. The other is 04 fright day cab leaks oil from new air compressor so bad seal also leaking coolant from two heads from rear of engine straight six I believe
ITS SO EASY YOU JUST TALK GARBAJE TO THIS ENGINE OTHER YOU NEED A HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO PULL THE CILINDER HEAD BLABLABLA
Getting the bill from working on this engine makes it garbage. Unlike a cat or Detroit you don’t need heavy equipment to pull those little heads off. Dealing with the exhaust brake on an mbe 4000 right now. The bill is higher than what I could afford.
A secret to prime that motor is take the fuel caps off, turn the key to the on position not starting the truck, count to 60, then turn off count to 60. Do that 3 times, press on the gas pedal 3-4 times, hold down, start the truck. Put the fuel caps back on to keep air out
I want to get air in my fuel system just to try this. 😉