I have some various oil leaks, and see three main areas that they are coming from. I am not sure of the technical terms exactly for these, so the terms and what is failing would be appreciated.

1. The seal between the top cover on the engine (the one with the oil filler and Daimler star on it) and the middle portion (prechamber?) that has thew glow plugs attached to it.

2. The seal between the middle portion with the glow plugs attached and the lower part (engine block).

3. The round piece directly before the turbo that has one small rubber line coming from it.

If my poor explanations arent sufficent, Ill take pics with arrows pointing to the spots, but perhaps someone can understand me...
ANy help is most appreciated. Thanks very much

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Current Diesels:
1981 240D (73K)
1982 300CD (169k)
1985 190D (169k)
1991 350SD (113k)
1991 350SD (206k)
1991 300D (228k)
1993 300SD (291k)
1993 300D 2.5T (338k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (442k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (265k)

Past Diesels:
1983 300D (228K)
1985 300D (233K)

1. sounds like the valve cover gasket
2. sounds like the head gasket (probably a result of oil leaking from the valve cover gasket, I doubt the head gasket is leaking)
3. sounds like the wastegate cover or a wastegate hose that needs replacing.

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2001 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins Turbo Diesel - 4x4, auto, 3.54 gears, long bed
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'92 300D 2.5 Turbodiesel - sold
'83 300D Turbodiesel - 4 speed manual/2.88 diff - sold
'87 300D Turbodiesel - sold
'82 300D Turbodiesel - sold

Tahnks very much, any idea of the associated costs? Is the valve cover gasket a DIY job? Does it get replaced when you do a valve adjustment?
Thanks

JMH

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Current Diesels:
1981 240D (73K)
1982 300CD (169k)
1985 190D (169k)
1991 350SD (113k)
1991 350SD (206k)
1991 300D (228k)
1993 300SD (291k)
1993 300D 2.5T (338k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (442k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (265k)

Past Diesels:
1983 300D (228K)
1985 300D (233K)

Yup, vc gasket should be replaced when a valve adjustment is performed. It is a DIY job. If you take it to a shop, expect to pay $75 to $85. Look on fastlane for the parts costs. Pretty cheap IMO. Good luck.

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2001 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins Turbo Diesel - 4x4, auto, 3.54 gears, long bed
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'92 300D 2.5 Turbodiesel - sold
'83 300D Turbodiesel - 4 speed manual/2.88 diff - sold
'87 300D Turbodiesel - sold
'82 300D Turbodiesel - sold

3 yrs back when I did my valve cover gasket replacement, I was scared when I looked at all those throttle linkages. Took a video camera and made a small clip about the location of all linkages etc.
Then I took apart some of the linkages so that valve coner can be lifted freely, opened th bolts of valve cover, and thats it, cleaned the edges on cover and body, put the new gasket( I used MB original because then I was not aware of fastlane or other alternative sources).

Whole thing took about 1 hour. I did not have to see the video again to see what goes where. If I had to do it today, I think I can do it in 30 minutes.

Also, if you need valve adjustments, this would be a good time to do it, as you are already opening the valve cover. However its a bit tricky so dont do it if you dont have experience on that part. Also it may need special wrenches. But it will be a good Idea to read the procedure for the valve adjustment and then mentally doing the job while looking at the valves. This way you get alittle comfortable feeling when you actually do that job in future. I might sound crazy on that mental job thing. But for me that trick has always worked on all DIY projects, whether its replacing fuel filter or doing a more complex job of replacing upper control arm or fixing the AC control panel.

MVK

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1985 300D Turbo 179,000miles