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It is not worth the risk of experimenting.
If your experiment was to fail, it would probably do so near the filter where its much hotter. You would have no warning until no oil pressure & maybe a seized motor.
Best let MB keep their little secret & spend a couple of Pennies on the right part. Its worth getting a new line, junk yard ones will be old like the one you have that sounds like it has started to leak.
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