That's a 14 head, if the digit you're not sure of is a 4. Max -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: 'Tried to read # on my '87 300D head few minutes ago; 'looks like 603 016 1(maybe 4, can't be sure - not clear) etc.; so, is my head a 16 or a 14; I suspect it's a 14; 'never heard/known anything about its being changed. No prob with it now that I can tell. 123 kmi. Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Frederick" <psf...@earthlink.net> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 9:05 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 87 300TD is this an OK car? > That engine was sold in various versions (4, 5, and 6 cylinder) from 1984 > to 1995 or so. The original design was part # 14, and it failed in > service enough that by 1993 when the SDL was sold again it had the #17 > head on it (nine years later(. > > The #14 was used on all OM603 engines sold in the US in 1986 and 1987, > and probably all of them have cracked by now. If failed in normal > service, not as a result of overheating, which can crack any of them. > > I'm not sure which one I had on the old 300D, the current car has had it > replaced with a newer version. > > Peter > >_____________________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _____________________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
