On Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:56:35 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond
wrote:
> That said based on today's results (see my last message) it looks as
> though this car might get a new lease on life. I'm going to change the
> oil and drive it for a few days to see what happens, if the oil and
> water stay on their
lly looked) so it'd be worth checking out.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:34:50 -0600
From: Peter Frederick
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Volvo diesel?
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I can get the valve
> tick to go away we might be okay...
>
> -Curt
>
> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:10:08 -0700
> From: Craig
> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Volvo diesel?
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oil and drive
it for a few days to see what happens, if the oil and water stay on their
respective sides like they're supposed to and I can get the valve tick to go
away we might be okay...
-Curt
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:10:08 -0700
From: Craig
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Subject: R
m C"
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> On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Curt Raymond
>> wrote:
>>
>> I know somebody on here has some experience with V
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On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Curt Raymond
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I know somebody on here has some experience with Volvo dies
Its a vw, so beware the timing belt. If it was changed on time, it
is about due for another. Can the PO show you a receipt for the last
timing belt? Otherwise, change it soon. Failure means trashed
valves and possibly head.
Also has the vw single plunger IP, nowhere near as reliable as the
You would have never been treated badly by jabba?
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On Dec 24, 2012, at 10:53 AM, Dan Penoff wrote:
> I don't have any direct experience, but I did a lot of research on them
> before I bought my first MB, a 1979 300TD
>
> Swedish Bricks http://www.swedishbricks.net/ is a
A 740TD turbo is a nice car -- 31 mpg on the highway 29 in town,
wonderful to drive, dead reliable (although mine has been out of the
count for a while, fuel problems).
Weak points are the injection pump (Bosch distributor single piston
type) that does NOT like ultra-low sulfur fuel (use ad
On Mon, 24 Dec 2012 08:37:33 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond
wrote:
> With my 240D down for the count one of my options is to buy a new car.
So, what's wrong with your 240D that cannot be fixed?
If you put the amount of money into it that it will take to buy a new
car, will it be all sorted out?
Or a
On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Curt Raymond wrote:
> I know somebody on here has some experience with Volvo diesels...
>
Not diesel, but I enjoyed my '92 940 - it was comfortable and easy to
repair. Interior/exterior was pretty good, and mine had been rolled by the
PO! With the 4-cylinder g
I don't have any direct experience, but I did a lot of research on them before
I bought my first MB, a 1979 300TD
Swedish Bricks http://www.swedishbricks.net/ is a really good forum for Volvo
owners if you're looking to get the skinny on these cars. The only significant
issues I recall wer
I know somebody on here has some experience with Volvo diesels...
With my 240D down for the count one of my options is to buy a new car. I seem
to do reasonably well with $1500 cars if I plan to keep them in the 30-40,000
mile range.
I found: http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/cto/3486147844.html
Peter Frederick wrote:
> Actually, with the four speed ZF tranny it gets between 31 and 33 mpg
> on the highway for.
>
A word of warning about the ZF transmission. It has a known design flaw
that can cause it to self-destruct if the engine is revved while in
park. Fluid leaks internally and
Actually, with the four speed ZF tranny it gets between 31 and 33 mpg
on the highway for.
Cylinder head crack horribly, but can be welded, unlike the similar age
Benz heads, which crack just as easily.
Plastic radiator, too - luckily mine broke while I was setting the
injection timing instea
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Sounds like it had bad glow plugs, wrong oil, or incorrect timing.
Mine starts quietly (for an pre-combustion chamber diesel) and
instantly with very little smoke in cold weather.
Tyler
On Nov 25, 2006, at 5:51 PM, P. D. Ferguson wrote:
I have owned several D24s, and they last forever if well maintained,
but are not bulletproof by any means. I have never seen one have head
problems unless they were severely overheated, but they have tons of
small coolant hoses which can burst easily when old. I replaced mine
with brass elb
>
VW truck engine.
We got one of these for my wife to drive around 1984 or
1985--it was a six cylinder VW truck engine, may have been a direct
injection engine as it was noisy as hell in the winter and smoked like crazy
on cold s
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VW truck engine.
Lots of problems with their 1st generation aluminum heads!! Many failed
after 100-150kmi.
Marshall
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Marshall Booth Ph.D.
Ass't Prof. (ret.)
Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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> < have heard was not very bulletproof.>>
>
VW truck engine.
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