Fogger = check and or inspect the condition of the vaccum pump diaphragm. When it leaks it sucks engine oil through the tear right into the intake manifold.
Fix that and then start in on everything else so you stop believing that all other drivers have only one finger per hand.

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1974 240D 3.0L 4(M) - 250K -OM617.910 + 300D FW + Rajay turbo power!
1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k

I agree here. Fix engine issues first.

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84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

sounds like a squeeky fan belt. could be loose on the alternator or the ac compressor siezing up.

Tom W

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

Members of this forum are pretty well united in their distrust of K&N filters, and even more of inexpensive add-on cutesy air inlet tubes with little air filters on them. The feeling is that all of these will let in a lot of grit which, since a diesel runs unthrottled (sucks in maximum air all the time), will have a negative impact on the life of your engine. If you have an oil bath air filter, you may be able to change that for a MB paper filter assembly ..... Ask the experts, of whom we are well blessed here.

estod,

I was of the impression that if the air was sucked easier and a shoter distance that was a good thing. Is this not true? Also, with the present oil bath setup the oil or oil vapor is sucked into the engine. i assumed this was not as good as a more modern setup. I did try putting a filter in the existing oil bath canister and it is impossible to get one to fit right. Second problem with that is the filteration is limited to an area about the size of a lemon. Being that an oil filter is designed togo in, down, and then up. I used a round filter that covered the inlet tube to the oil bath compartment, so now it is in and up. If that makes any sense. Is there a better way?

You probably could get the whole paper aircleaner housing and necessary brackets, etc. at the junkyard off of a W123 240D or 300D. That would seem like the best route to me.

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'79 240D 4 speed manual 105k miles

Would you like to go with a K&N filter, I have one, new in box. Fits a turbo tho, so you'll need a different air filter housing.

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