You can kill a diesel just as fast as you can kill a gasser. They are more tolerant of poor fuel, but lack of oil changes ages them pretty fast, and they are generally more expensive to fix.
I'm thinking I'm going to play engine swap from my old car (275,000 miles and almost undetectable blowby) to the new one (about 290,000 with significant blowby). Synthetic oil makes all the difference, I'd bet they were almost identical in condition at 150,000 or so when I got mine. With regular synthetic oil changes on a 60x, you should get a million miles out of the bottom half. Probably a couple cracked heads along the way, and a valve job every 250,000 or so. Peter _______________________________________ 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
