[MBZ] 190D 2.2 1984

2007-05-26 Thread Frederick Moir
Hi, All. When bought this car it had a giant oil leak from the front timing cover, broken in 3 places from (I guess) a broken chain, also pan had chip out of it. Ran well and did not smoke. Found that the engine had been replaced with one from an '85 with manual trans. This late '84 2.2 190D

Re: [MBZ] 190D 2.2 1984

2007-05-26 Thread Peter Frederick
Hmmm. If it were a V8 I would say you had the rear towers swapped (but that give you low oil pressure). Sounds as if the oil passage in the head is blocked somehow, and while you have great oil pressure, no flow to the cam. Check with Rusty re: head gasket matchup, who knows, there may