Posted this in the W210 section, who advised me to ask you folks instead.
I've got an OM606 strapped to a pallet, attempting to get it running with a stock OM603 pump before concluding it's good enough to install. The turbo oil supply is open, as is the plug on the port side of the filter housing. Despite cranking for 5-10 seconds several times, there's nothing more than a residual trickle of oil from both holes. The engine is level and the dipstick shows oil above the minimum mark. Furthermore, I can verify the oil level at just below the block/oilpan seam on starboard; the lower pan section has a hole and leaks profusely, so I have that section sitting in a plastic tub, whose level has equalized with the level inside the pan. The level switch is above the level of the oil, and is closed, which I assume means either the level is still too low or the sensor is defective.
I don't know cranking speed, but it sounds reasonable and healthy now that I replaced the jumpercables with actual power cables and ground straps securely bolted to the battery, starter, and engineblock.
0. First and foremost - does anyone have a link to a service/repair manual that covers this engine? I'm specifically looking for a diagram of the lubrication system, as it would answer the next three questions:
1. I read suggestions to priming the oilpump by pouring oil into the housing. Should it go into the outer or inner chamber?
2. What is the spring-loaded valve-looking thing inside the filter housing, at about 11 o'clock?
3. At what point does the turbo supply gallery diverge from the others? Is it better to point the supply pipe into the pan and let it gush (once it builds pressure, that is), or to block it off? The turbo is missing.
4. How long do these normally take to build pressure?
I've got an OM606 strapped to a pallet, attempting to get it running with a stock OM603 pump before concluding it's good enough to install. The turbo oil supply is open, as is the plug on the port side of the filter housing. Despite cranking for 5-10 seconds several times, there's nothing more than a residual trickle of oil from both holes. The engine is level and the dipstick shows oil above the minimum mark. Furthermore, I can verify the oil level at just below the block/oilpan seam on starboard; the lower pan section has a hole and leaks profusely, so I have that section sitting in a plastic tub, whose level has equalized with the level inside the pan. The level switch is above the level of the oil, and is closed, which I assume means either the level is still too low or the sensor is defective.
I don't know cranking speed, but it sounds reasonable and healthy now that I replaced the jumpercables with actual power cables and ground straps securely bolted to the battery, starter, and engineblock.
0. First and foremost - does anyone have a link to a service/repair manual that covers this engine? I'm specifically looking for a diagram of the lubrication system, as it would answer the next three questions:
1. I read suggestions to priming the oilpump by pouring oil into the housing. Should it go into the outer or inner chamber?
2. What is the spring-loaded valve-looking thing inside the filter housing, at about 11 o'clock?
3. At what point does the turbo supply gallery diverge from the others? Is it better to point the supply pipe into the pan and let it gush (once it builds pressure, that is), or to block it off? The turbo is missing.
4. How long do these normally take to build pressure?
