Would this be worth going after. Its a 240d 1981 w 300k mi and oil pan damage. on the front of the lower oil pan it is dented about 1 or 1.5 inches inward from the bottom. can be had for $120. It would be easy to remove since i've already gotten the manual tranny.

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Chris
84 280sl
82 300d euro

I wouldn't worry too much about it, as both of my oil pans are dented.
However, I would pull the pan off and make sure the oil pump assy is OK. It is always nice to have a fresh gasket there anyway.....

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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

Do a compression test and run it like you would any used engine. The oil pan dent is fairly common.

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

The first thing I would do is pull the lower oil pan and check for a cracked/broken oil pump. Other than that, accident vehicles are a great used engine source because that will pretty much guarantee that the engine run's well.