Just ran across this in the Seattle Craigslist. Claims this is a dealer installed turbo in the 240D W115. anyone ever heard of this?

1974 Mercedes 240D Turbo


Kevin

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Kevin

1971 300SEL 3.5
1972 280SE 4.5
1968 280S Parts Car
1983 300D (5-spd conversion almost completed!)
1986 Toyota pickup 22R 4-spd
1968 Mustang 302 (soon to be 5-spd)
1981 Euro-spec 300d 4-spd parts car

Sold:
1987 300D (had 415,000 miles when I sold it, now has 462,000 and still driven every day!! Original head)

Yep, that sure looks like a 115 turbo 116. That's a rare bird.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Are those parts wanted? Should I just buy it for the $400 and take the turbo parts off? any one want that stuff?

Kevin

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Kevin

1971 300SEL 3.5
1972 280SE 4.5
1968 280S Parts Car
1983 300D (5-spd conversion almost completed!)
1986 Toyota pickup 22R 4-spd
1968 Mustang 302 (soon to be 5-spd)
1981 Euro-spec 300d 4-spd parts car

Sold:
1987 300D (had 415,000 miles when I sold it, now has 462,000 and still driven every day!! Original head)

yes indeed. there were several companies in germany that could retrofit the OM616 with a turbo. i think there was/is a company in india that got the rights to manufacture the OM616 with turbo charger (in mass production) for a knock-off version G-Wagen...pretty cool and rare. i'd spring the $400 if it were close to me

It's a shame that car sat around & rusted like that. It's going to need a lot of work now. I find the turbo interesting, though it couldn't have come from the factory that way. Also, the radio antenna is on the right of the hood, instead of the left of the trunk - I've only seen that on Euro cars.

I'm not sure if that turbo is retrofitted from an OM617 turbo, a kit or from some other place, but it IS possible someone got a dealer (or maybe a Banks dealer?) to install it. There was a guy in Everett who was selling a turbo'd W115 and a Rajay turbo kit. I almost bought the kit, but then figured installing it on my 300K 240D would probably finish of what's left of my engine.

The Rajay turbo kits were apparently popular for a while, and there was a kit made specifically for the W115 240D. The problem is these engines weren't designed for turbos and thus you would want to keep the boost low. I have heard you CAN feel the performance increase though, even if it's slight. Where a 240D really needs help is on long grades, and I'd be afraid one would run high EGTs and damage something. You'd absolutely want to add boost & exhaust temp gauges.

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1976 240D "Katja"

The 617.XXX,602.XXX,603.XXX,605.XXX and 606.XXX Turbo Charged Diesels...

All had special internally ported Pistons that allowed COOLING oil to be "Jetted"
from underneath by the Oil Jets.

The 616.XXX goes "Naked" into that Pressurized OVEN of Combustion!!!

Also the Crankshafts were "Nitrided" (Super Hardened Outer Surface!!!)

IOW X2 what Katja said.

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'84 300SD sold
124.128

Yeah i think this was a Rajay kit, i found a while ago where it was tested on a 220D, im glad i saved this.. neat to see that this Rajay conversion is still around after so many years.

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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon
1979 280CE 225,200 miles
1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles
1976 240D 190,000 miles
1979 300TD 220,000

GONE but not forgotten
1976 300D 195,300 miles
1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...e485-1-2-1.jpg

Adding a turbo results in lower egt's, mine now max's at 1000. Before turbo I could hit 1400. Same ip settings.

Thought the 616 had nitrated, and the 617turbo engines had induction hardened cranks.

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1977 240D turbo