The outside of the camshaft cover has some little scratch marks on the outside if the camshaft cover opposite of the injectors. When I took the camshaft cover off to do my first vave adjustment there was marks on the inside of the cover as well. There doesn't seem to be any moving parts on the inside or outside that could cause this. There are no marks around the timing chain area. The engine runs and sounds good. Any ideas what caused this? It's a '81 240d that I got about a month ago.

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1981 240d aka "The rust bucket"

I found the same marks on my valve cover when I adjusted the valves. I think they must be a leftover from the manufacturing process.

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1985 Euro 300TD Turbo

Ditto, leftovers from the casting/machining process.

Every one I have seen have them.

Charlie ☺

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works