THANX for all the greatcomments ! .

It's running fine again , no noticable difference in power .

I'm stuck on junky computers but i will post some pix when I find a better one or have my lap top on a decent connection......

Another question : I'm soon to overhaul the OM616 engine in my '82 240D , it has a bad # 1 valve , should I re use the same head or is there a better one to look out for in the junk yards ? .

It runs very well indeed once off idle , # 1 cylinder only has 200 # of compression and # 1 valve is only .002" clearance available indicating to me either valve seat recession or a tuliping valve...

@ 350,000 miles it's time to do the full monty on the engine and tranny both .

Maybe there's a link to an OM616 cylinder head thread ? .

TIA ,

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1982 240D 408,XXX miles
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I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Do you mean if there's a different head that's better like with the 603 #14 and #22? No, I don't believe so. The early engines and the later engine are different due to a power output change between them. Different internal changes produced that. If your head is not cracked or unserviceable, try to reuse it.

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Yes , that was my question , THANK YOU ! .

Here's the # 22 head in the junkyard :





# 6 cylinder looks funny but it was O.K. :

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

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And here's the engine it came off of :



The junked Car :

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Excellent.

ALWAYS pull engine or drivetrain parts from cars that were hit and totalled. If it was smashed, it was on the road driving. If you find a car that isn't smashed up, it might have a blown drivetrain and the owner decided it was not worth the fix. I take cosmetic parts from those cars, not engine parts.

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'85 190D 2.2 Auto *Cali* (Blue/Blue) *sold*
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Just so ~ .

I've been a Mechanic for 50 + years now and building vehicles has always been a pastime of mine .

When I ran a VW Shop / Junk Yard I'd buy all the wrecks / strippers / burn jobs I could lay my hands on and build inexpensive used cars out of them , made very good pocket $ doing so .

I try to explain this to other DIY'ers but they never seem to ' get ' this simple concept .

They're always looking at how it looks rather than ' did it RUN ' when parts shopping .

I have received several off list queries as to where to go find these # 22 cylinder heads : I peruse the self service Junk Yards on a regular basis , all of them near me until I find what I need .

LKQ has bought up most of them across America in violation of anti - trust laws but no one cares . they've raised all the prices sharply but still have good stuff .

Still quite a few independent Junk Yards out there , it's typically cheaper to buy a whole engine and use what you need then sell off / give away the left overs .

Here's the car :

Hm ~ it says this phoyto is already in this thread .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Hell, in my years crawling the yards I never made that connection.

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'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

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Impounds too tend to be at the very least runners .

I used to peruse the tow auctions and got lots of really good deals , they typically tell you why the vehicle was impounded , DUI on a nice clean car means you're good to go , not so much if it's a bucket as many drunks / dopers just run their rigs into the ground .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better