Mercedes 240D OM616 engines compilation

Mercedes-Benz OM616, 240D engines, starting, running, and being enjoyed by their owners. Hit LIKE and SUBSCRIBE!

[@anthonynicholich9654]

W123/OM616. Prime example of a quality simple longest lasting efficient car. Neither Japanese or the Americans could build something like that.

[@RandomlnternetGuy]

I just started looking into a simple diesel engine to work on. This seems like a great engine to start with.

[@joopsmit6910]

Yes! These 240D engines are my favorite Diesel to work on, it has many tricks and challenges but the satisfaction of getting it right is great, plus they are fuel efficient and forgiving, I would buy more of these in a moment's notice!

[@harjinderkaur2384]

I remember lotta mechanics were unable to perfectly time this engine or it wud Snap the camshaft journal stand. Especiallyý injection timing was hard to align for em.

[@petarmiletic997]

The actual injection timing is 24* BTDC, but the pump will tend to roll back since the first lifter is slightly compressed. The trick is to set the engine at 45* BTDC and set the pump 2 teeth before start of injection, since then it will not snap back and will be easy to set

[@joopsmit6910]

@@petarmiletic997 I absolutely agree. I have found another way which works great on the 240D and 300D for me, when I re-assemble my 300D I will post a video of how I do that, pretty simple and works like a charm for me at least.

[@Jay-sz5dt]

I’m looking to buy 77 240D for daily driver.. do you think this will be good buy? I found one for 2000

[@joopsmit6910]

Hello Jay. YES! I have a '80 240D as a daily and when the engine is looked after they run reliably, cheap, albeit slow. The last one in the video is mine. Easy to work on, if you are in the USA parts are easy to find and tonnes of advice. They will run on BioDiesel, Black diesel (if you get the mix right) and Diesel/WVO mixes too.

[@Jay-sz5dt]

@@joopsmit6910 thankyou! I will consider getting it! I think it should be decent for city cruiser doing low speed

[@vintage76vipergreenBeetle]

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[@dowlat454]

Are 2.6 OM616 Diesel engines good as well?

[@joopsmit6910]

OM616 is the 2.4L and still my favourite engine. They are great engines, reliable and very fuel efficient. The OM617 is the 5 cylinder 3.0L which I also have but it is more tricky to work on and far less fuel efficient than the 240D

[@dowlat454]

@@joopsmit6910 that’s right, there is a company called Force Motors in India which manufactures the 2.6 OM616 engine (2596 cc) under the license of Daimler Benz. They use it for their buses and other passenger cars. I thought it was the same engine with a bumped up displacement.

[@joopsmit6910]

@@dowlat454 oh wow I did not know that, that is great. I can only imagine what a nice engine it must be. Seems like Benz granted licenses for manufacture in a few countries. In South Africa they were called ADE engines for trucks, but the cars remained German manufactured and assembled here.

[@DeanMk1]

@@dowlat454 It's not an OM616. It is a newer engine, BASED on the OM616 design. It is more powerful than the 616, so there's that. Don't know about reliability, although the 616 design goes back much farther than the advent of the 2.4, so from a design standpoint, it should last a while.