I was driving on the 401 west and all of the sudden the car shut off, I tried cranking and nothing. I get it towed home and then tried turning it with a breaker bar and no go. At this point I was thinking replace the engine but then decided scrap the car, the engine is to expensive here and not really worth it as the body wasn't in the greatest shape. I decided to find out what went wrong and pulled the motor and started to take thinks apart everything seemed okay up top, I took the oil pan off and behold the oil pump chain was in the oil pan. So now I decided to get a SDL and put the 350SDL head on that car.

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OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR, ONLY IN A BENZ

89 560SEC
90 350SDL (Rudolph)
91 350SDL (300SDL drivetrain)
87 BMW 635CSi (Swanhild)
89 BMW M6 (euro)
99 Suzuki Hayabusa (Only the fastest thing ever)

Interesting. What mileage on that engine? I've never heard of an oil pump chain breaking before.

- Peter.

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2021 Chevrolet Spark
Formerly...
2000 GMC Sonoma
1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021
2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels
1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles.
1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S

Don't replace the head of the SDL unless there's something wrong with it.

Sixto
87 300D

I had 398,021 Km on the engine, the reason I'm thinking of using the head is the spare engine I have has a #14 head.

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OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR, ONLY IN A BENZ

89 560SEC
90 350SDL (Rudolph)
91 350SDL (300SDL drivetrain)
87 BMW 635CSi (Swanhild)
89 BMW M6 (euro)
99 Suzuki Hayabusa (Only the fastest thing ever)

Was the engine original? Did it leave a puddle of oil?

-J

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.

If the spare engine is in good shape, you'll have as many votes to keep it intact as to replace the head as a preventive measure.

Sixto
87 300D

IMHO you can never get the cylinder head seated as well after the fact as they did at the factory. If it ain't broke don't fix it...

-J