I have an 81 240D Euro, 4 speed that I am installing an 82 US 240D engine into. The Euro does not have an oil cooler and of course the US 240D does. Why is that? Does it really need the oil cooler? I lived in Germany for 5 years and their driving conditions are not much different than ours. Sure they "Can" drive much faster than we can on the Autobahn, but their city and town driving can be as bad or worse than ours. Also, this car was driven in Atlanta for most of its life (321,000km) before the timing chain broke and cracked the cam in half. I bought it after the engine died.

Would you, could you, just install the U.S. 240D engine without the oil cooler? I have both complete cars, just wondering about the necessity for the oil cooler in the 240D.

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Wayne

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