I was at my local benz dealer a few years back and I saw a new 350SD engine sitting in the parts department. I asked them about it, they said it is a factory replacement and cost around $7500. They also said the guy who ordered it for his car had already gone through 2 engines. -Dan
In a message dated 8/8/2005 12:33:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I saw one at my mechanics shop the other day. The car was perfect cosmetically, but a push rod had come through the block. That was the second car they had like that, the other was an 83 SD that I bought for a drive line swap. The SDL had about 260K miles on it. the SD about the same. > > From: Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/08/08 Mon PM 12:13:24 EDT > To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ridiculously sweet car > > Sunil Hari wrote: > > I was at Wal-Mart last night and saw a beautiful 350SDL Turbo in the > > lot - 126 body style, shiny light brown paint, no rust at all, perfect > > chrome, not a single scratch, perfect leather, shiny tires and BBS > > wheels. But the odo said 331Kmi on it. > > > > First, were these 3.5L engines electronically controlled like they > > were in the W140's, or were they still mechanically/vacuum driven? > > Second, is this a complete anomaly, or is this kind of mileage > > attainable in a 350SDL? > >
