Started down the road and heard a new/strange noise. Went right back home and heard what sounds like a ball bearing banging around in a metal can. The past few months I heard a pecular sound when shutting off the engine. Could this be the vacuum pump(?) or somthing else, powre steering, water pump? If it is the vacuum pump I may have gotten lucky not destroying the engine.
I will not start the car again until I know for sure! '82 240D 313,00 miles

thanks, bernie

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1982 240D 313,000 (4 speed)
1984 300CD 172,483
1985 German Shepherd Dog -Lacey- R.I.P.11/04/05

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pull the vac pump off & have a look at it!! Tell us if you find anything.

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1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

Bernie,

I think you dodged a fatal bullet (for your engine.) Seriously DO NOT start it until you are certain it's fixed. PM sent.

-Sean

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1987 300D (230,000 mi on a #14 head-watching the temp gauge and keeping the ghost in the machine)
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