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Originally Posted by boneheaddoctor
Do a search...Mercedes made significant changes in the Turbo OM617......Internally. For durability reasons. Turbo a non-tubo OM617 and expect to grenade the engine well before its time.
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I know all those differences. But the fact is that lots of people have put aftermarket turbos on those non-turbo engines in Europe and had good luck with them.
There was a 240d on Ebay in the US a couple of years ago with over 200k on an aftermarket turbo. So, while it might be better if starting from scratch, to modify the engine with oil squirters and hardened cranks, adding a turbo to an engine not designed for one, won't make the engine explode 100 miles down the road.