[email protected] writes: > If this theory were true, and it isn't entirely, your suggestion that > somehow diesel owners are so much more savvy about this than we gassers > cannot be > proven. And after all, reading the posts on this list daily reveals that > most of the diesel owners do in fact drive them until something breaks. > That's > where the vast majority of the posts reveal. "My vacuum pump broke and my > car inhaled the parts, my glow plugs aren't glowing, I just discovered that > my rear brakes haven't been working for a long time" (remember that one?) and > on and on. There is such a thing as deciding that a certain component is > near the end of it's service life so it should be changed. That is in fact > what maintenance is and not just fluids and filters. Not running the thing > into > the ground and then crying for help and of course at minimum cost.
And yet dispite this, the old W123s in particular seem to keep on going and going unless they're victims of extreme neglect, or just rust away. I think they've proven to be robust; I'm not sure the same can be said (yet) about a W211 with a CDI. Allan -- 1983 300D _______________________________________ 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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
