Its not so bad. Since I got the carbon blown out of my poor old 300D is moves along quite nicely without my feeling like I am abusing it. We went to my brother in law's yesterday about 30 miles away with 4 of us in the car and ran along at 75 mph much of the way. Wouldn't have gone any faster if I had a turbo and should not have been going that fast as it would be enough over the limit to get a pretty big ticket.
Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of andrew strasfogel Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 12:06 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300 turbodiesel complete loss of oil - is it alwaysfatal? How do you know? Cheapest "solution" or cheapest diagnosis? There's no way I would drive a nonaspirated diesel ever again! On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Rolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pull the turbo off before you do anything and see if it runs better. Not > likely to be an easy solution but it certainly would be the cheapest. > > -Rolf > > > andrew strasfogel wrote: > > My "new" '83 wagon was delivered yesterday. Story is that it lost its > oil > > when the PO was driving at 75 mph on the highway, coming up a hill. He > had > > a collapsed motor mount that gave way completely, causing the engine to > > shift and cut the oil cooler line. Voila! -- total loss of oil. When > he > > noticed the car losing speed and the engine warning light, he stopped > the > > car immediately and had it towed. The next day he replaced the line, > filled > > her back up with oil, and the guess what - the car has no power and the > > engine like it has a case of chronic bronchitis when idling. > > Now that I have taken over this car, I have two questions. 1) What is > the > > likelihood that the engine is "ruined" (needs a rebuild or replacement) > vs. > > something slightly less drastic, and 2) how would a mechanic go about > making > > the correct diagnosis? > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
