And more to the topic - Floyd, do you know if these oil coolers fail by leaking into the cooling system, or vice-versa, or just leaking (oil) externally?
I’ve never researched it, but the few things I’ve seen suggest that it’s an internal failure of the cooler rather than an external one. -D > On Apr 20, 2023, at 4:46 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > The E300 with the OM606 turbo diesel is a pretty nice engine, lots of > performance there with good fuel economy. I don’t think it was ever in a US > S-klasse. > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > >> On Apr 20, 2023, at 4:38 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> And I would not challenge your claim, as I’ve owned and driven these, too, >> and the performance is amazing! I just wanted to try and focus on one model, >> for fear of ending up all over the place. I would definitely include them >> near the top of my list. >> >> -D >> >> >> >>>> On Apr 20, 2023, at 4:26 PM, Jim Cathey <jim.cathey...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I believe the W126/M617 diesel is the pinnacle of Mercedes’ design and >>>> engineering. Period, no question, game over. I’ll give a second to the >>>> W140, especially the facelift models, and the W210. >>> >>> I'm going to postulate the OM603 instead, provided you have the improved >>> head casting. >>> More power, no valve adjustments, just as durable. The '87 SDL, in other >>> words. Our >>> 86 hit 30-31mpg at times, on friendly freeway trips. >>> >>> -- Jim >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________ 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
