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Old 12-29-2018, 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Squiggle Dog View Post
There are differences in the upper oil pan between the W115 and W116 OM617 engines and the later W123 and W126. The upper oil pan from a W123 and W126 OM617 is too fat and you'll have clearance issues installing one into a W115--so you have to either swap out the upper oil pan to a W115 or W116 one, or cut out a notch in either the upper oil pan or the subframe.
The N/A oil pan from a W115 or W123 will NOT work on a turbo OM617. The only oil pan (upper and lower) that will work on your engine is one from another turbo engine'd chassis (W116, W126, W123).
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