I have a 1978 240d I bought with inheritance money- The only thing that is left of my grandmother and it's dear to me. I have spend 2 years and alot of $$$ making it perfect. Now it seems I need a new engine. Anyone know of a reputable source for one. I don't really feel like taking any cheap risks. Thanks Chris

Metric motors for reman engines (but...$$$$)

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1982 240D, sold 9/17/2008
1987 300D TurboW124.133 - 603.960, 722.317 - Smoke Silver Metallic / Medium Red (702/177), acquired 8/15/2009
262,715 and counting

Where are you located? I'm planning on decommisioning my 240D in the near future. The body's pretty bad, but the engine is still good.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

x2 on your location, Leonard.

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too many w123's
84 280 SL 5 speed

Buying a parts car is a good source.

Face it, a re-manufactured engine will cost some plus removal and replacement. It'll outlast ya.

Metric motors also offers top ends.

find out what's wrong. Why do ya need a whole new engine???

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1979 300D 220 K miles
1995 C280 109 K miles
1992 Cadillac Eldorado Touring Coupe 57K miles SOLD
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1979 240D 140Kmiles (bought for parents) *SOLD.
SAN FRANCISCO/(*San Diego)
1989 300SE 148 K miles *SOLD

As suggested above it is better to have the potential used Engine already inside of a Car so that you can test drive it and see if the Engine is good.

Buying an un-testable used Engine on a pallet or sitting on a Garage Floor is a gamble.
You might just as well pull a used Enigine from a Junk Yard yourself and purchase the Insurance on it so that if it is no good you can at lest get another one.
Even with the Insurance there would be a lot of wasted labor and you only have a liminted time to put the used Engine into your Car to test it for the Insurance to apply.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

Im in burlington vt

How do you know you need a new engine?

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Strelnik
Invest in America: Buy a Congressman!

1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

adsitco.

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran

Ok, leonard in vt, first you need to tell us what the symptoms are of your current motor. the 240 is a well built motor, but many things can cause the engine to seem dead when in fact, a simple or tedious amount of service can bring it back to life.
we can help.
and if not, at least we can offer a second (or really, third and fourth etc...) opinions confirming or denying the death of the motor.

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Number one rod bearing? Hole in the block? No compression? Front damper spun? How many miles on the car if known?

ive got a 20,000 mile rebuilt one out of my 240d I'd be glad to sell ya.

im in minneapolis though.

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1992 850i 6 speed
1991 M3 S54B32 swap
2007 328iT/6 RWD sport wagon
1987 325E 330iZHP engine swap
2004 Vespa 200GT
1976 W115 240D getting a much bigger engine. 5.5L
1997 R129 SL600 5AT

Ill sell you a good running 1981 240D (lots of rust) $800 you can drive it home.

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His 2000 TDI Jetta 5 speed
Hers 2002 TDI auto Beetle
Toy Mercedes diesel powered 1995 Jeep.
Work 2003 Cummins quad cab 1 ton

The oil fill cap blows half way across my yard when the engine in running, I leave an oil spot the size of a large pizza every time I start it and theres a large clatter, sound like hard hitting metal and not thin metal. I am actually thinking the noise is coming from the trans/engine bellhousing area though. Any thoughts?

The oil cap blowing off might just be a clogged breather. Blowby gasses are supposed to exit the engine via a hose from the valve cover that runs over to the air cleaner housing. If it's blocked, that could explain the oil cap.

Can you tell where the oil is leaking from?

Is this clatter you describe rythmic and does it happen at either crankshaft speed, or one half crankshaft speed? I'm trying to figure out if you have a rod knock (very bad), a valvetrain issue (not quite as bad), or maybe a failed clutch cover or some other clutch issue (still not good, but fixable without pulling the engine). If you can post a video with good sound on youtube, that would help us with diagnosis.

Other ideas: have you found oil in your cooling system or coolant in your oil? Are the coolant and oil levels relatively stable?

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.