Mine has a "new head" somewhere along the line, and idles poorly when
cold (tach only work sometimes, I think it's the idle speed control),
starts with a bump of the key most times, starts easily at 0F, and
has 365,000 miles (or more, odo read 305,000 right now and the
previous owner guessed 60,000 weren't recorded while it was broken).
It's fairly hard to wear them out if you change the oil.
The old one had 270,000, a cracked head, and ran like a top, used
essentially no oil between changes.
Peter
On May 7, 2012, at 9:15 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
Doesn't say it needs a new engine does it?
My first OM 603 had factory new (or better) compression at 300k
miles. I'd not be afraid of it. Compression was at the top of the
spec for normal.
Anyone have a good OM603 laying around?
http://richmondin.craigslist.org/cto/2992899719.html
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