I once bought a 240D with a badly dented pan. When I pulled it I discovered the oil pump had broken just above the "belled out" part that holds the screen so it was picking up the oil but had the oil level become much lower it woulda been bye, bye engine.

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"