The 72bhp OM616 was used in G Wagen and Tempo Traveler van, it has same IP but different governor, also different spill timing and higher injector pressure, rpm also went up by around 1000, with a euro 300D 5 speed, it performs pretty decently.

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99 Gurkha with OM616 IDI turbo

2015 Gurkha with OM616 DI turbo

2014 Rexton W with OM612 VGT

Also, wagons don't weigh that much more than sedans, do they?

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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

I read somewhere a few years ago that they did have a different IP. All the XX7D Mercedes vans have a 70+ horsepower 616. It's what I had in my 307d which was a 22' class A motorhome. It would do about 68mph on the Autobahn but slowed down quickly on hills. It had a 5 spd (1st was a granny gear)but I don't know what the gear ratio was. It weighed a LOT more than a 240TD.
Why didn't MB ever produce a turbo version of the 616? Once they'd turbo'd the 617 you'd think it would have been a simple no-brainer to also do it to the 616.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Well, I did mention in my post that perhaps the fact that it was a Euro made it faster ... so ... I wasn't kind of in the right direction ...

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

2 to 300# depending on options.

tom w

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Anyone ever pull a bad 5 cylinder out of a 300TD and stick a 2.4 in it with a 4sp?

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Currently driving a very clean 1985 300SD from the West Coast.

Virtually impossible to do unless you get rid of the SLS because a 616 with a hydraulic pump in the head is non-existent in the US.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13