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Not being as experienced as most on this board, I have a question about my camshaft that I just removed and will be replacing for other reasons. I found that the journal at the front of the shaft had a flat spot ash shown in the picture below. My assumption is that it's not supposed to be like...

In my quest to solve the ticking problem in my 200TDI with only 5,700 miles, I pulled the oil sump (except for the 2 bolts that decided to leave half of themselves in the block), pulled the oil pump and its drive shaft. Started to notice some metal bits in sump and other places, NOT GOOD! So...

I've posted before about this issue thinking it was different parts, just can't figure it out. I've: adjusted valves and replaced cover gasket, verified no leak in vac pump lines and replaced the fuel lift pump. The noise started after a 600 mile run in 12 hours at about 65-70mph. This was...

Struggling to diagnose a troubling ticking sound on my 200tdi with only about 6,500 miles on it. Gone through some usual suspects like tapets and fuel lift pump. Now I’m focused on the vacuum pump given comments by others here as a possibility. I opened the vacuum pump and the blades are in...

After driving 600 miles across Texas in my 1986 110 (rebuilt 200TDI replaced the 19J just over a year ago), I arrived at my destination with a few seemingly unconnected problems: leaking and clicking fuel lift pump, oil leak around the cyclone breather, some oil in the hose going from breather...