Well, after a week of driving to work (maybe 170 miles total) the oil level hasn't gone down very much at all. The way it was smelling when I followed behind it, I thought the oil might be getting burned pretty quickly. But I don't know.
She says the thing is running more sluggish than it did right after I changed the fuel filters. Wonder if it needs another fuel filter change already? Or if it's related to whatever problem the engine has. I will try to drive it this weekend and see what I think. Would also like to follow behind it again and see if it's smoking the same as it was. Brian On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Douglas <jgi...@comcast.net> wrote: > good points.. ! > > Douglas > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Rick Knoble" <rickkno...@hotmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:09 AM > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] our 190D starts to burn oil > > 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 >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > > >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.53/2155 - Release Date: 06/04/09 >> 17:55:00 >> >> > _______________________________________ > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090606/a0653447/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
