I was thinking that my chain was intact and that the end of the chain that you see in pic with the exposed pin was the pin that was pulled out. I wonder if there ever was a roller on that pin. I will look in the pan but I can't see how the roller could have come off.

I haven't removed the pan. You have to lift the engine to do this don't you? That is not something I wanted to do. However, if I do remove the pan, how much more trouble if it to do some bottom end work? I expect that is where most of my oil pressure is dissapearing.

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
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