Chris,
I had the exact same symptoms on my 240D last winter. I replaced the oil cap
which had been leaking, vowed to keep a closer eye on oil level and it hasn't
happened again.
My car consumes a quart of oil in about 800 miles (Mobil 1 5w40, 15w50 and
0w40, tried all 3). It leaks a fair bit of that and must burn some too. I've
driven about 35,000 miles since I switched to synthetic and all I can say is it
isn't getting any worse. Maybe a little better but I don't keep careful enough
records...
-Curt
'83 240D "Hammie" 247kmi
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:16:50 -0700 (PDT)
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seems like the list is down, which means you'll get
this in time to disregard my previous post.
After sitting for 4 hours, I checked the oil level
(coolant was fine) - NOTHING. So I added 3 qrts (2
probably would have been better) and now everything is
back to normal. DOOOOOOOOH (as Homer would say).
No excuse, but not having a working odometer probably
contributed to my lack of oversight. It obviously does
burn oil. Will need to watch that much more carefully.
Are there any maintenance issues that would improve
burning oil? Oil Pressure is good, compression is not
great...what is the cause? worn rings? Anything a
healthy dose of Diesel Purge might fix? How about a
3,000 highway run on M1 to break crud up on the rings
and help them reseat? This car sat in MN FOREVER and I
have only driven it around town and local highways. At
first it would not start under 40, let alone at near
freezing on my "special sauce" ("alternative fuel")
Again, thanks for bearaing with my more or less dumb
questions.
Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri
-1987 300TD, 150K miles, "Rotk?ppchen" (Little Red Riding Hood)
-1985 300SD, 209K miles, "Wulf"
(http://www.pictureblogger.com/My-1985-Mercedes-Benz-300SD)
-1976 240D, ManyK miles, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs
Pr?fenlastwagen = Alternative Fuel Test Vehicle) running
WVO/WMO/LO/CO/WATF/WGL/WBF/DA/MS/lard/gas/kero/D2 mix (do not attempt this
unless you are
willing to sacrifice your IP, injectors, pre-chambers, etc.)
-1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger"
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Everyone in this world could be as happy as a Catholic Bishop on a deserted
island with the Vienna boys choir, but, the bottom line is this: This earth
can physically only support a certain population (what that number is, I
don't know, I hear it has been raised over and over) before people starve
and die.
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Absolutely correct, and IIRC, that terminal population number [actually a
reference to the point at which birth and death numbers match, but often
touted as the max population of the earth] from about 25 years ago is 16 -
17 billion. I have never trusted such numbers as they suggest that people
will behave in ways that people never will. My point is that we need to
look at a lot of other things besides just 'too many people in the world.'
If that is viewed as the problem then we [especially old men like me] are
pretty much powerless to change things [we can still dream, but that is
another thread...LOL]. It is not one big problem but a LOT of smaller ones.
BillR
Jacksonville FL
1981 300SD 265K / 200K engine [?]
