Keeping the revs up is a good point, remember you CAN'T over rev the engine at a standstill. The governor will kick in and save the engine. Watch the pips on the speedo to tell you max speed shift points, try getting a little closer to the pips when you shift. Keep it in 3rd below 40mph...
Keeping revs up is generally true when riding a motorcycle too (Jap bikes anyway) and something I had to teach my wife, she was shifting way too early and getting scared when the bike would shudder as it was lugged. Got her shifts up around 6,000 rpm and her riding smoothed right out. I pointed out that on her bike the redline is at 9500 and she got the idea. -Curt Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 10:09:37 -0500 From: "Rick Knoble" <rickkno...@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] our 190D starts to burn oil To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <col117-ds2120d9ee6c205bef393d51dd...@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original From: "Zoltan Finks" <mmmmmsuchpo...@gmail.com> > I'm following the wife as she drives our 87 190D and I notice smoke out > the > tailpipe. > > Checked and it was about 1.5 qt. low on oil. > > Filled it after it sat for a weekend One thing Marshall was adamant about was letting a MB diesel seek it's own oil level. Don't let it run out of oil for sure, but don't keep it topped off either. I would make sure it is getting up to temp (you did change the thermostat and it does work?) and drive the snot out of it. IIRC you live in the Pacific Northwest so mountains to blaze up with foot to the floor should be in abundance. You can also leave it in second (third?) around town to keep the rpms up. Italian tune-ups work best with a load, though, so mountain driving would be ideal. The 16 grand plus money for a new Focus plus full coverage insurance plus interest on the loan plus maintenance work (new cars still need oil changes, tires, brakes, ect.) will buy a heck of a lot of parts (and labor for that matter) for an old Benz. Just my opinion. Rick Knoble -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090604/57cf96e5/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