Almost got it ready! Actually drove it around the block Monday.

I had a fan blade impact to the radiator that caused a small nick in the tank. This was from the 9 bladed fan. Happened while the car was on a test drive, it was a new fan.

We installed the 11 blade fan and noticed it had much more room.

Of course this is causing a coolant leak. Got to swap the radiator.

We also found that the water pump is chirping. Hopefully the front of the engine will be quiet after this gets replaced.

And the aux water pump is not working. Got to see if it is electrical or pump shot.

More fun, glad John has a vast reserve of parts.

Oh and the passenger side motor mount collapsed. New mount on the way from Phil.
Anyone have experience swapping one of these with the turbo in the way?

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The OM 642/722.9 powered family
Still going strong
2014 ML350 Bluetec (wife's DD)
2013 E350 Bluetec (my DD)

both my kids cars went to junkyard in 2023
2008 ML320 CDI (Older son’s DD) fatal transmission failure, water soaked/fried rear SAM, numerous other issues, just too far gone to save (165k miles)
2008 E320 Bluetec (Younger son's DD) injector failed open and diluted oil with diesel, spun main bearings (240k miles)

1998 E300DT sold to TimFreeh
1987 300TD sold to vstech