I don't have a lot of experience with turbo diesels but I don't think that my
NA diesels (2x 240D, 2x 190D) take particularly long to warm up. In fact
compared to my gas vehicles ( Dodge Dakota V8, Ford Ranger v6, GMC S15 v6) I
think the NA diesels warm up faster...
I figure on having heat by the time I hit the center of town when its above
freezing, thats about 1 mile or 2.5 minutes after first starting the car in the
morning. If its below freezing I'd figure on about twice that distance. Thats
not full heat mind you but I figure the heater starts to do something about the
time the temp needle rises off the peg.
Overall I think 123 cars have slightly better heat than 201, I don't know what
the factor is that makes that true but I seem to get warm sooner. That said my
current 190D has working ACC and I do like the "set it and forget it" nature of
the temp wheel vs the manual in the 240D.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 08:38:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Max Dillon <meadedil...@bellsouth.net>
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: [MBZ] '95 E300 with OM606 - how long to reach operating temp?
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Dieselvolk,
I've been driving my '95 E300 quite a bit now that I've got most of the big
issues sorted out, but it really seems to take a long time to warm up (compared
to my '87 300TD for instance). I'd like to know if anyone else with an E300
(or
a normally aspirated OM606) also had noticed that these non-turbo engines need
more time, for instance about ten minutes of driving, to get up to 80+ degrees
C. When I had my '84 190D, I noticed that it also took longer than my '87, and
longer than my '85 300TD which had an OM617 non-turbo engine, so maybe with
each
generation of OM60x engines in non-turbo form, they need more and more time to
warm up?
Background: T-stat is new within last 12 months, tested stove-top for opening
and closing prior to installation, has proper MB-spec coolant with the t-stat
installation.
Very respectfully,
/s/
Max Dillon
'87 300TD 333k miles
'95 E300 278k miles
'73 Balboa 20
Charleston SC
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