In pulling thye oil filter from a 83 300SD, I found the fileter in 2 parts. Eithr made that way or it came apart, in either case JUNK.

Don

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1980 300TD-T (82 Turbo and Trans) 159,000 Miles "Jackie-O"
1983 300SD 272,000 Miles "Aristotle"
1987 Jeep Wagoneer Limited - keeps the MB's off the ice and out of the snow
1994 BMW 530it

BIGRED,

The older W114/115 Diesels up to the advent of the W123 had two piece oil filters. There was a large cannister that made up the bypass filter and a nylon screened disc that was reusable and made up the main flow filter. These things do not fit in or belong in a W123. The W123 has always had the filter housing up high, near the firewall behind the injection pump. This unit has had two basic designs that only involve changes to the filter housing center post. The filter element is a main and bypass unit and it has not changed. If you have a two piece unit in there you likely were not seeing any bypass oil filtration and depending on how the parts fit, you may not have had good main flow filtration either. Good luck and I hope this helps. Jim

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Own:
1986 Euro 190E 2.3-16 (291,000 miles),
1998 E300D TurboDiesel, 231,000 miles -purchased with 45,000,
1988 300E 5-speed 252,000 miles,
1983 240D 4-speed, purchased w/136,000, now with 222,000 miles.
2009 ML320CDI Bluetec, 89,000 miles

Owned:
1971 220D (250,000 miles plus, sold to father-in-law),
1975 240D (245,000 miles - died of body rot),
1991 350SD (176,560 miles, weakest Benz I have owned),
1999 C230 Sport (45,400 miles),
1982 240D (321,000 miles, put to sleep)

BIGRED,

Was one piece a flat plastic filter about 3/4 inch thick and the other a separate vegetable can shaped filter?

If so, someone put in the wrong filters. These two filters described above were used on the older Diesels: 240D and earlier models.

P E H

I knew something was odd once I went to pull the lid off the oil filter housing. the filter came with the lid, kind of stuck to the shaft. It appears to have been one part that seperated as I can see the filter media from the larger portion.

CH2930 is the fram part number which is correct.

The size of the filter that was pulled was correct, the junk part came apart.

I have only purchased Hengst filters for our 300TD and plan to do the same for the SD.

I will be contact FRAM to see what they have to say and see what they will do if it caused any problems.

Don

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1980 300TD-T (82 Turbo and Trans) 159,000 Miles "Jackie-O"
1983 300SD 272,000 Miles "Aristotle"
1987 Jeep Wagoneer Limited - keeps the MB's off the ice and out of the snow
1994 BMW 530it

The Fram filters are junk, the few that I have used in the 300CD have came apart into 2 pieces when I took them out. This and the fact that they don't offer nearly as good filtering as German filters is why I don't use them. Fram filters may be ok on a Chevy or a Ford, but not on any European car...

Fram is just junk, period. I used to work for the parent company and it was well known. Here is an independent review:

http://www.geocities.com:0080/MotorCity/Downs/3837/oilfilst.html

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1983 240D 4 sp manual 260K

Don't insult my Ford like that

Unless I hear a lot of people recommend a specific brand, I've always used OEM manufacturer filters for my vehicles (for instance, Motorcraft for my truck)...hasn't let me down yet.

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2001 VW Jetta TDI, 5 speed, daily driver
1991 Ford F-350, work in progress
1984 Ford F-250 4x4, 6.9l turbo diesel, 5 speed manual
Previous oilburners: 1980 IH Scout, 1984 E-350, 1985 M-B 300D, 1979 M-B 300SD, 1983 M-B 300D
Spark-free since 1999