Ah, my friend just last week told me of a friend of his who had some American made 80's diesel and converted it to gas and had trouble selling it. I recall as a youngster (I'm 32), the only American diesel car I have ever seen (to date included) at a little league game. I remember asking my dad about it (made a different noise than any other car) and he said, profoundly, "it's diesel." I've heard they were quite bad being essentially gas engines slightly beefed up for higher compression. Didn't know this was the handiwork of GM. When I was 12, (1985) all I wanted was a W126 diesel. Even wrote to MB for their catalog, which they sent. My friend and I drooled. Now I have one :-) Thanks for the background. Chris
Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Christopher McCann wrote: > > Why GM? GM gave us diesel passenger cars which prompted the owners to pay big $$ to replace the diesel engines with gas engines. (the same buyers who had paid serious $$ for the diesel option when the car was new). These people, and many of their friends/relatives, won't be driving diesel cars anytime soon. I remember cycling with a friend in the mid-80's, and seeing a GM car that was turning over but not firing, and smelled of unburnt diesel. My friend yelled "That's what you get for buying a diesel!" It was a common attitude then, and I think the attitude remains among the US population. _______________________________________ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose" -1987 300TD, 150K, "Rotkäppchen" -1985 300SD, 210K, "Wulf" -1976 240D, ?K, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen) -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger" --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 28 23:54:34 2005 Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net ([204.127.198.39] helo=rwcrmhc12.comcast.net) by server1.arterytc1.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1EgspO-0008O3-1j for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:54:34 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.2] (c-24-3-195-27.hsd1.pa.comcast.net[24.3.195.27]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with ESMTP id <200511282354290150023ldve>; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:54:30 +0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:54:31 -0500 From: Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.4.1 (Windows/20051006) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Luther Gulseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] '82 300CD oil loss X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes mailing list <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:54:34 -0000 Luther Gulseth wrote: > Stuck rings....wouldn't that show in startup or power? It starts fine when > it's cold (in Kansas with freezing temps) and it has plenty of power. > How would the turbo be dumping? Oil consumption often goes up LONG before compression drops detectably. That can result when the oil rings don't seal completely and either excessive carbon or a cylinder worn out of round can cause it. That's a common symptom on the ill fated OM603.97 rod-bender engines. Marshall -- Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) "der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED] '87 300TD 182Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi
