I have a non-egr manifold set for my 240D, but no air cleaner. What year air cleaner should I look for?

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82 Benz 240 D, Kuan Yin
12 Ford Escape 4wd

You're four times

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more likely to

concentrate on

have an accident

two things

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a cell phone.

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I'm guessing 81 or 82 since my 80 240 parts car didn't have EGR.

My 83 air cleaner was all aluminum with no paint. my parts car had a non EGR air cleaner and it had a painted black bottom with an aluminum top.

so i would look for 80 or earlier 240 air cleaners.

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I don't think that you'd need to change air cleaner housings. The air filter is the same part no. for my '79 and my '83. The housings appear to be exactly the same size. The only differences are that the later one is alloy, as already pointed out, and the earlier one has an inlet for the vacuum pump vent.

I'm pretty sure that what you need is the cover from a late 1980 or later model with an engine that had the piston pump.

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'79 240D

OK, rephrase the question. Look at the picture. I have item 20, the corresponding exhaust manifold and air cleaner, and a leaky pipe between the two. The pipe and hardware are ~$200. This situation is not good for my athsma.

I have item 17, the corresponding exhaust manifold, but the no the air cleaner that goes with it. The air cleaner I have does not fit.

What do I look for to fit on 17? Stock appearance is good, but I'm ready for the maligned K&N at this point. Driving a thirsty mercury mountain in the meantime.


What's 71 anyway? This is not present on my car, but intriguing.

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82 Benz 240 D, Kuan Yin
12 Ford Escape 4wd

You're four times

It's hard to

more likely to

concentrate on

have an accident

two things

when you're on

at the same time.

a cell phone.

www.kiva.org It's not like there's anything wrong with feeling good, is there?

Item 71 looks like the egr valve. If it is missing, then the egr pipe would certainly leak, since that's what it is supposed to connect to. Does the current setup have a standard dry air filter mounted right on top ? Perhaps a photo or two would be useful here.

Seems to me that the cheapest/easiest solution would be to block off the egr openings in both manifolds and eliminate the pipe.

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'79 240D

EGR valve actually not shown. EGR valve hides behind the butterfly valve in this perspective. It's a stainless vacuum operated valve.

71 looks like a cyclone air/oil separator.

Yes, standard dray air filter on top.

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82 Benz 240 D, Kuan Yin
12 Ford Escape 4wd

You're four times

It's hard to

more likely to

concentrate on

have an accident

two things

when you're on

at the same time.

a cell phone.

www.kiva.org It's not like there's anything wrong with feeling good, is there?

You can use any round paper filter , along with a rubber elbow and some PVC pipe if you don't mind the homemade look. Shouldn't be much more than $50 to setup.

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