I was driving and turned a corner into my court and thought my power steering went out because it was slipping due to the amount of oil on the belts. I had the car towed to the mechanics. Engine RPMs at that point were in the 1000 to 2000s but enough oil would of had to spew out due to the fan belt cutting the oil coolant line to make it slip.
I ran a search on rebuilt motors from MB and it looks like someone got a quote for 4200 out of the box rebuild from MB, I am also looking for a I think 81 through 84 300sd 5 cylinder salvage with low miles to swap the motors, I have heard you can pick up the whole car for 2-5 hundred but if you try to just buy the motor from a pick and pull/salvage yard it is anywhere from 1800-2500 with unknown miles? I am open for any suggestions. One idea I had was to take it to a MB mechanic and see if they know what is going on, from my limited knowledge maybe it just needs a valve adjustment and I am out the door for 2-500 hundred???