jdobbs86
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deafening maybe, but that Bimmer 6 sure does sound mean
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Thanks, I might take you up on that. The M120 will be about as far back as your OM606, maybe a bit further back. The limiting factor is the part of the firewall where the AC stuff is in, which is further forward and will hit the right cylinder head. The pump lives all the way in the front, so for a rear sump just extend the pickup tube. The stock sump is already like a "hammerhead" style, just in the wrong place for a Volvo. I doubt an oil pan from another merc engine will bolt up, the M120 doesn't share much with anything else, besides the cylinder heads.Sure, if you need any other pics, just let me know.
From what I've seen, if you'd do *something* to the crossmember and tunnel, you might be able to move the engine further back, which would leave more space for the radiators and stuff in the front. However, it might still not go far enough back to let you have any meaningful capacity sump, unless you go with a "hammerhead" style sump, as seen on Alfa Nord / Tipo 105 engines...
Where would the oil pump live in a M120 anyway? All the way in the front, or near the middle, with a long input shaft? Hmm... M120/M103/M104/OM603/OM606 engines are similar enough in some basic things that it makes one wonder, would an oil pump and sump out of one of those fit M120? OM613 (320CDI) oil pump and rear sump pan fit OM606, for what it's worth...