Well sorry Tinker, i just went from the last post up, i assumed that Dan would have read the rest of the thread and agreed with you...

Tinker wins.

But i will say that was found in the oil, were not pieces of chain guide, so they did not come out in the oil... not the i would know as we cheat and use the pump to change the oil... the chain guide was intact but half of it got mutilated by the chain and looked like it melted, it didn't break off in chunks. The half that melted was all floppy and crap(like a soggy chunk of cardboard), so that half, still attached to the other half, would get pulled into the screen.

Anyway, i just have no idea how to take the front cover off, we looked at the front cover on the 16v that we have the head off of and i didn't see how the hell the front cover came off. I think my father might have seen/ might know how, but it probably looked equally as painful as pulling the head. I will go look at the service manuals that we have kicking around and see how you do it, but it doesn't look appetizing...

Thanks for all the help

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1985 190E 2.3-16v Euro
1980 300GD SWB