I have a favor to ask the group. I am attaching pictures of the engine compartment of my '83 300td and was wondering if anybody could tell me if it has been hacked. A friend of mine told me it's missing the black box that sits on top of the transmission which leads him to think that someone could have made questionable modifications to my car. He also pointed out that there appeared to be missing hoses but wasn't able to tell me what they were for. The car seems to run fine without these things but it makes me nervous to know that someone might have been tampering under the hood.

If you would like high res pictures please email me at histevekim@gmail.com and I would be more than happy to send you some. Thank you in advance. I would really appreciate some advice.

Thank You,

Steve
'83 300td
Los Angeles, CA

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Looks like someone plugged your EGR and disconnected and removed the box that attached to it. My car had the same thing done to it and it seems to run fine.

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Aaron
'84 300D 267,000 - Running WVO - Rice Bran Oil - Mmmmmm, fishy...
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Uhmm, we usually call that the valve cover.

Looks like somebody bypassed your egr. Embrace that!




That is what we do here......

There may have been some tampering, but that appears to be a virgin alda cap sitting on there.....

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

My 82 had a black box on the valve cover that was vac controlled....shut off and god knows what else.

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82 300D....went to MB heaven
90 350 SDL....excercising con rods

Thanks for the replies!

Hey, Jimmy. So are you saying that bypassing the EGR is a good thing? What the heck is the EGR anyways? :-) Sorry, I'm a newbie.

Steve

My California 84 doesn't have the black box and neither did my prev 84. Not sure about the '83 300DT CA version. If you are in the South Bay, stop by and look at mine. The line should be plugged but not taken off (just in case someone is snopping around smog check wise, yes I know we don't have smog checks for diesels here in CA).

EGR = Exhaust Gas Recirculation

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84 300DT Puke Yellow. Totalled after 438,000
84 300DT Orient Red. 169,000 (actual mileage may vary)
2002 Explorer EB (wife's)

See if these help.

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