300d Cracked oil pan. Oil leaked out and I did not notice. Drove on the freeway, engine felt weak and making clickety clack noises. Stopped immediately but probably too late. Did a temp fix on oil pan, refilled the oil but engine still weak, oil pressure gage falling, noises.

I hit and scraped the ground and did not check. It was dark and I never saw the puddle that formed later.
It sucks because it only had 150k miles and the interior is in great condition.
What are my options now. Is there a good place to get an engine. Typical cost?
1980 300d; non turbo; automatic; los angeles

UPDATE
I got a quote in a shop for $800 labor and $1200 for engine. If I could keep the total cost to around a 1000 it might be worth it, but where to find the engine.

Sounds like. How did you crack the pan?

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1987 SDL. The best there ever was.

Sounds very terminal to me. The freeway part really hurt your chances.
So, what caused the cracked oil pan??

BTW, you might want to enlighten us on what type of car this might be.....

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'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Yes, its most likely toast. How is the blowby looking now?

You username says it all

Sixto
87 300D

I'd say its toasty dead. I'd imagine an impact great enough to crack the oil pan would be a bit noticeable.....I'd have stopped ASAP.

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

When I cracked mine, I heard it scrape but there was no IMMEDIATE evidence of damage so I made the assumption that it was just the bumper scrape that I had heard. Mine happened to leak so slowly that 15 minutes later when I parked, it hadn't gotten low enough to cause damage yet.

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~Michael S.~
Past cars:

1986 300SDL
1987 300SDL
1982 240D
1982 300SD


Current:

1987 300SDL

I'd probably stop from that too.....but I am real paranoid. At the very least I'd have been watching my oil gauge for the next 30 mins....and probably get in an accident because of it.

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

I cracked the oil pan on my 240 on the way to work once. I didn't notice anything until someone came in and told me my car had a black puddle under it. I went out and checked the oil and it hadn't lost much. I pulled it into the shop, drained it, dropped the lower pan and had our fabricator weld it up.

When I hit the pan I was on a dirt road and probably doing 60 or so.

I also knocked the oil pan loose on my first car in 1994. I'm pretty sure it happened when I hit some railroad tracks too hard. This one didn't go as well and my first indication of trouble was the rods starting to knock. The motor was totaled and I ended up junking the car. It's a shame because it was a '73 Chrysler with a big block.

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83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

I hit and scraped the ground and did not check. It was dark and I never saw the puddle that formed later.

It sucks because it only had 150k miles and the interior is in great condition.

What are my options now. Is there a good place to get an engine. Typical cost?

I don't know. How would I check it.

Where are you located? I have a good used 617 engine for a 123.

los angeles.

To know this, we need:

Year, make, model, trans type of your vehicle.

YOUR location.

can't give any concrete help without that info

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1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

1980 300d; non turbo; automatic; los angeles;