I found a similar washer in the same spot on a 220d. My theory was it fell off the valve cover and through the timing chain assembly. When I lift the valve cover off its kind of the required motion. Not sure if everyone does it the same.


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Glad to see that you managed to find the parts you needed to fix the problem on your car. I was the OP in the thread you linked to. In my case, the brass part of the thrust bushing was completely worn down. Luckily, I came across a low-mileage 63k 300TD that donated its parts to my car. So far the problem has not returned on my car, and it is still purring happily along with good oil pressure.

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Darren Asuncion
'81 300D Silver Blue metallic
'04 MINI Cooper S, Indi Blue w/ White roof
'94 Jeep Cherokee Sport, Flame Red
'95 Land Rover Discovery, Corallin Red

Oh I was just going to post the link in the other thread!

It is working great, I am so happy to see nice oil flow out of the oil squirters. I am doing another trip on the 4th...I can't wait to do some hard freeway driving with the nice flow of oil now! I am starting to think it may be to early to condom the engine.

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Dude, you are the man! Now you got another 300K . I love the roof rack on your red car. Is that the belgium taxi?

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What Would Rudolph Do?
1975 300D, 1975 240D, 1985 300SD, 1997 300D, 2005 E320 , 2006 Toyota Prius

We will see about that, I go one mile at a time

That it is, its really brown....I washed him with simply green, and some how he became all shiny and bright

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I believe you have narrowed things down for me, thanks! Please see my post OM617 Mystery Bolt ( OM617 Mystery Bolt? ). I have oil coming up from around what seems to be 121 in the diagram. I am suspecting the o-ring needs to be replaced. Might anyone know if this piece can be removed by itself to replace the o-ring?
Many thanks.

Do you have photos of where the thrust piece sits in your engine? My engine is a factory replacement and is a bit difficult to find info on. Thanks.

I just responded to that thread, send me a message if you need any more help!!

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