Greetings All,
I have a Euro 240D with a broken timing chain and broken cam. The car is in terrific condition & has a 4 speed. I have an 82 U.S. 240D which I was told has a rebuilt engine. U.S. 240 also supposedly has a rebuilt ip. I am trying to get the U.S. 240D started so that I can transplant the engine. I have primed the fuel filter and have fuel going to the ip. When I disconnect the injector lines, as the engine turns over, I get small spurts of fuel from each line. I assume this is correct. It turns over easily, but so far has not started. I plan to try WD 40 on it Saturday.

My question is, does anyone know if the Euro ip and exhaust manifold will bolt up to the U.S. 240D? Would there be any advantage to swapping these parts over or should I just use the standard U.S. parts? I am a little suspicious as to whether or not the U.S. ip was actually rebuilt or not. The donor car only has 180,000 miles on it.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks, Wayne

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Wayne

the triumph of evil requires only that good men stand by and do nothing

13 Audi A3 TDI, the Wife's!
85 190D 5 speed, 195,000 miles
75 Triumph TR 6 w/Toyota 5 speed
2000 Ford F-250 powerstroke
03 Ml500, 109000

How are the glow plugs? Compression? Go easy with the WD-40!

The only thing I know for sure that is different between the US and Euro engines (besides emissions junk) is the Injection Pump. Your 82 may have EGR which could be cleanly eliminated using the manifolds from the Euro engine.

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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

I haven't checked the glow plugs, but when I switch the car on, the dashlight stays on for several seconds. I just started trying to get it started yesterday. I am under the impression that if the glow plugs are bad, that the dashlight won't come on. Am I wrong about this?

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Wayne

the triumph of evil requires only that good men stand by and do nothing

13 Audi A3 TDI, the Wife's!
85 190D 5 speed, 195,000 miles
75 Triumph TR 6 w/Toyota 5 speed
2000 Ford F-250 powerstroke
03 Ml500, 109000

The dash light usually only quits if two or more are bad.

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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

All 4 of my glow plugs were bad, and the dashlight still came on as it should. Car would not start...

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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