Hmm I guess I'm full of it and don't know what that hose was there for or if it even had oil in it. Might as well be power steering fluid and the engine just had low oil level to begin with.

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'81 M-B 240D 4-speed 132Kmi
'98 BMW 528i 5-speed/sport 125Kmi
'93 VW Eurovan GL 5-speed 166Kmi
'00 Hon RC51
'04 Suz SV650 track dog
'89 Yam FZR250R

ah i know your problem, The only way that any fluid will ever pool in your motor mount crevace. is when its dumped from overhead, the oilpan is too low. i belive its your powersteering hose. but i would start the engine and check for oilpressure just in case.

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Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

As long as they would add one additional commandment for you to keep thy religion to thyself.
George Carlin (Wonder where he is now..)

1981 240d (engine donor 1983 240d) recently rebuilt engine hurray! - No more.. fought a tree and the tree won.

pearl black 1983 240d 4speed (Converted!@$$%) atleast the tranny was rebuilt.

Anyone else getting the ad for pro-age body lotion on this page? I doubt it's going to do much for your oil leak. I think it's reading the content of our discussion differently than we are.

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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

I'm getting the same ad.

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'83 300D Turrrbo 295K miles

Was it not possible to tell which one dumped on the ground by it's color?
The power steering fluid would be almost clear and have a different smell in comparison to the sooty engine oil...

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'83 300D Turrrbo 295K miles

Now it's a Ford Ad.

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'83 300D Turrrbo 295K miles

I'm getting that ad too. I'm beginning to wonder if the pro-age body lotion was directed at the cars or the owners. Damn, I feel violated....

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Gil

2004 ML350
1984 300CD; Ivory (sold)

I put a skid plate on my 123 a year ago. It should still be available. About $125.

Jeremy

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

Bleh.. There's a slow power steering leak but the oil pan is destroyed all the same. There's a crack just at the edge of the back side of it that wasn't possible to see. So it WAS the oil pan. Ordering parts now..

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'81 M-B 240D 4-speed 132Kmi
'98 BMW 528i 5-speed/sport 125Kmi
'93 VW Eurovan GL 5-speed 166Kmi
'00 Hon RC51
'04 Suz SV650 track dog
'89 Yam FZR250R

The engine might like it better if you just looked at the dipstick!!!

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'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

Ok, you want a mixnmatch story.....
My 80 had a tossed rod in it when I got it, the pan had a few dents but looked fixable with a ballpeen hammer. It came with a 617 engine from a rolled car (I was told) The pan on that one was smushed pretty bad and had grass/mud mashed to it. I decided to swap pans since they are the same, pulling the 617 off revealed a shattered pickup assembly, pulling the 616 off revealed a shattered and S-shaped oil pump I contemplated if the 617 was ok...how long had it run with that smashed pickup in the wreck...
I cleaned all off really well, no smell of burnt oil, no evidence of damage beyond the pickup, used the 616 pickup and pan to fix it and she's been going strong over a year now.

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Chris
64 190D R.I.P.
80 240D W/617 engine -for sale
82 240D -for sale

I don't understand how people crack the oil pans in these cars. I have driven W126's for the past 4 almost 5 years now and I have never scratched an oil pan let alone crack/dent it. I have driven them all over New England, on road, off road, building sites, ect. I had my SDL on a torn up building lot yesterday, following my uncles Ford F150, no issues.

To crack the oil pan you have to high center it on a pretty good curb or rock, steering around such things would be a good idea. These are not Humvee's.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

This is going to sould odd but you should thank your Girlfriend. Many women I have met seem unable to focus on anything but opening the door the use of the brake, gas pedel, ignition switch and that vanity mirror. After that they have 0 intrest in the car until they hear loud noises or see smoke. You Girl hit the bump and caused the leak but she was had the presence of mind to notice the leak. More importantly She had enough sense to do the right thing and call you when other women might have driven away in the car. I think it is a good Idea to tell people when they have done something ritht!

Unlike my friend's daughter, who borrowed her Mom's '90 BMW 325i convertible one Saturday night, went speeding down a dirt road, ran over a rock, punched a fist-sized hole in the pan, then kept on driving until the engine racket became almost deafening. This a few months after Mom spent about $2000 on major repairs, including a new camshaft, followers and timing-belt!

Happy Motoring, Mark

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