Yup. Time for the proverbial "Italian Tune-Up". Or, as my kids like to say, "Drive it like a rental!"
Dan --- On Wed, 6/3/09, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] our 190D starts to burn oil > To: "Diesel List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 9:51 AM > DING! > > How recently? How hard have you been driving it? You did > have a bad thermostat at some point not all that long ago > didn't you? I seem to remember that. > > I'd guess your carboned up rings are starting to let go of > the carbon resulting in them seating badly as the carbon > comes off unevenly. In which case the solution is to drive > it like you stole it and keep shorter oil change intervals > until it clears up. > > -Curt > > Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 02:40:16 -0700 > From: Zoltan Finks <mmmmmsuchpo...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] our 190D starts to burn oil > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Message-ID: > <65200d420906030240i1714e42mc3ca08d40dc7d...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > It's the 2.5 non-turbo. > > I recently switched to Mobil 1 15/50. > > Haven't checked the crankcase breather. Could that being > clogged cause this? > > For some time, it has made a ticking at idle and at > cruising. Lately, I have > suspected it has been more noticeable at cruising. > > Odometer stopped at 279k mi. I reckon it's up around 300k > now. > > Brian > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090603/8d5307f3/attachment.html> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
