I think one thing that may cause an early engine replacement is the exposed
oil pan on a 123. I looked at a 240D last year and the claim was it had a
new engine at 150k because the previous owner ran over something in the road
and punctured the oil pan.
Terry Geiger
http://www.shoalsbritishcars.org
'74 Triumph TR6 (my sunny day car)
'63 Triumph Herald (wife's sunny day car)
'84 Mercedes 300D Turbo Diesel (wife's car)
'90 Chevy S10 (parts fetcher)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Chase" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Columbus CL 240D
Sort of contradictory to say that the engine needed replacing after 150k,
but these engines run forever. I ran into this claim about my 240D when I
bought it. What up???
Brian
83 240D
