Do Mercedes supply parts that are none genuine?

[Petrol Pete]

The odd hooky oil filter is pretty worrying for your our engines , but pales into insignificance when you realise what is (and has been going on for a while) happening in the commercial airline world.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/engine-maker-cfm-says-up-96-planes-affected-by-fake-parts-probe-2023-09-20/