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We have not noticed anything other than the turbo at cold starts. There has not been any noticeable decrease in oil level the last two weeks at least. We have not used it so much either yet.

The problem with changing engines, is that MB won't support this, they want you to buy a rebuilt engine from them that is identical to the original. This is what we were told here in norway anyway... They said that they were not allowed to say anything about a change like this. And still the man said that if we managed to swap the engine, the 364 is a lot better on all counts. (oil consumption, fuel consumption, power and durability).

We did not know anything before we started , but learned a lot during the work.

I found a site on the internet where they sold engine parts, and there I found that the shortblock is the same for the 314 and the 364, but the cylinder head, intake exhaust and so on is different on the two engines. The largest difference is the cyl. head. The head on the 364 is only half the weight of the 314.

When I found this info, we decided to give it a try, and it worked like a charm!

I also have some pictures from the work, but I am not sure how to put them in the gallery...

I guess the torque of the engine is the first thing you will notice after changing to the 364.

If you want more power, you could change to the 366LLK . Like the one SNOWMAN has in his 1000. But I can not guarantee the transmission will like it as much as you will...

We have wondered equipping the trac with an LLK, but I think 140hp will be a bit too much for the old transmission. And we normally don't drive around with so much heavy loads... 115hp will be enough for us.