It doesn't matter which fuel an engine burns, if you don't get it up to temp, you deposit water and combustion byproducts in the oil, which starts to eat the insides of the engine. I use this stuff because we drive maybe once every other week: https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/eppages/camguard.php?clickkey=4333
However, if Snook is still trading cars every six months, it's a non-issue for him. We intend to keep these cars for another ten years, if not till we die, so I try to take care of them. I'd go the extra mile looking for a turbo 606 - it's really hard to go back to an NA Diesel after driving a turbo Diesel for a while. On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 4:31 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It sounds like you'd be better served with a gas car. With the cost of > diesel recently and the fact that you're going to short drive it you'll > carbon up a 60x engine. Get a V8 and enjoy it. > Curt > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 11:00 AM, Donald Snook via Mercedes< > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: I have been out of the MB diesel game for > too long and can’t keep up on the nomenclature and which ones to avoid. > > If I was looking for a Mercedes diesel that would get 30+ mpg and is > pretty reliable which would I look for? > > I know the 124 diesel with the 2.5 (602?) is great. And the 603 is very > good too. (Right?) > > The 606 in the 124 and 210 is also good? > > Then, the CDI started and the Black Death is a big concern and the blue > tec is next. Someone mentioned the other day that bluetec has its own > issues — most notably it is not good for relatively short drives like a 10 > minute commute. It really needs to be driven for a while to get everything > heated up and working. > > My cars now get driven to work only 6-8 miles one way. Half of that is on > the highway - obviously not for long. Then relatively short trips on the > weekend. occasionally we drive long distances over a weekend 600 miles or > so maybe every few months. > > So, if I want a fuel efficient MB diesel that doesn’t have to be driven 30 > minutes at a time, should I be focused on 124 and 210 with the 602, 603, > and 606? > > What was the six cylinder non-turbo that was in the 124 and 210? I > remember hearing great things about those. > > Donald H. Snook > > > _______________________________________ > http://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 > > > _______________________________________ > http://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 > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://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
