I gave it a try yesterday, hit a fairly steep hill, shifted to 3rd. and
floored it. A lot of real black smoke appeared from the exhaust but I kept
it down. The next hill, I tried it again and no smoke at all. I had
noticed in the past, that everytime I hit passing gear, I would produce a
lot
I had a rescued 79 300TD. It sat under a pile of leaves in the neighbor's
yard until I bought it. I pumped out the almost-black diesel fuel, changed
fluids, replaced injectors (bad nailing), and replaced tie rods and the
damper (plus wind screen, tires, and many other things). Still it drove
Ralph,
What you're describing sounds like a partial Italian tune up. The greatest
carbon removal will occur when you fully load the engine at high RPM, and keep
it there. Climbing a long steep hill at 80% or greater throttle, resulting in
the temperature gauge climbing and staying elevated
Another thought about older MB's; 124's and 126's., I have an 84 300CD and
a '87 300SDL, with fairly high mileage on both. Since I have owned them I
have not driven them hard at all, barely ever hitting 75mph. Would it be
bad for the engines to just start driving them faster and harder?? Should
Ralph Robertson rare...@gmail.com wrote:
Another thought about older MB's; 124's and 126's., I have an 84 300CD
and
a '87 300SDL, with fairly high mileage on both. Since I have owned
them I
have not driven them hard at all, barely ever hitting 75mph. Would it
be
bad for the engines to just
Drive them hard and fast. No problemo.
--R
On 5/24/12 7:15 AM, Ralph Robertson wrote:
Another thought about older MB's; 124's and 126's., I have an 84 300CD and
a '87 300SDL, with fairly high mileage on both. Since I have owned them I
have not driven them hard at all, barely ever hitting
You might also find they run even better. I am truly amazed by the
improvement in my 115 300D.
It was pretty sluggish when I got it compared to now. I have only driven
it about 10 to 12K miles in the time I have had it but much of that has
been fairly hard. I assume the previous owners had not
Drive it like you stole it - it won't catch fire like a Ford ;^) Don't be
surprised if you end up putting out some black smoke here and there its
just cleaning itself out.
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
You might also find they run even better. I
BUT . . . . watch out for the cops!
Randy
On 24/05/2012 3:13 PM, Brian Toscano wrote:
Drive it like you stole it - it won't catch fire like a Ford ;^) Don't be
surprised if you end up putting out some black smoke here and there its
just cleaning itself out.
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at
Indeed - you will learn if there is abnormal wear in the engine, and get a
feel for how much you could extend the change interval. My analysis results
are coming back well within normal limits with M1 running at least 12,000
miles on all the engines. Granted, I'm not running an OM61x engine
I have never heard of a 123 turbo engine that expired prematurely
(whatever that means - 300K miles?) because the owner drove it too
slowly.
On 5/22/12, Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com wrote:
This is how my 300d survives on wvo...I run the crap out of it. It is
to the floor and run
On May 22, 2012, at 9:12 AM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
have never heard of a 123 turbo engine that expired prematurely
(whatever that means - 300K miles?) because the owner drove it too
slowly.
Did you mean too fast? I imagine carbon, from being driven too slowly has
No, I meant too slow. I am against excessive speeding to burn off
carbon, or for any other reason for that matter, unless you're at the
track...
Anderw
1983 300TD
1985 300TD
1985 300CD (SWMBO mobile)
On 5/22/12, Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com wrote:
On May 22, 2012, at 9:12 AM, andrew
So yo never, ever, EVER pass?
I routinely have to hit over the speed limit when some bozo doing 40 in a
55 decides to become Mr butthurt racer! and floors it as I go to pass.
Same idiots get MASSIVELY pissed at me when I go the speed limit in the 30
zone after the 55... they want to go 45...
Mind
I am getting lost on this thread.
Andrew is against speeding?
Walt is not??
There must be lots of places where 80 mph is reasonably legitimate. The
speed limit in North Dakota between the Cdn border and Grand Forks is 75
mph. If I run the limit, I generally get passed but most of these folks
I'm against people who go 10 to 15 under without their hazard flashers on,
which is required in NY.
If said people break 80 when you try to pass them because of it, it
compounds the matter.
Do I fall back and deal with a jerk who's going to keep brake checking me
at every opportunity, or keep the
Just cruised back and forth to Raleigh ('bout 120 mi. round trip) on the '87
300D at 75-80. 'Cruises mighty fine.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: Brian Toscano brian.tosc...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 10:45 PM
Subject:
The speed limit on I-10 in Far West Texas is posted at 80PH last time I
drove it, and there was talk of changing it to 85 MPH. I'm not sure if
that went through. There is nothing but sand for 500 miles between San
Antonio and El Paso.
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:59 AM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com
Utah I-15 is also posted at 80 MPH in parts. I'm told they don't bother
you unless the radar reads in the triple digits, but I've never tried...
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Brian Toscano brian.tosc...@gmail.comwrote:
The speed limit on I-10 in Far West Texas is posted at 80PH last time
Sand can make a good cushion or speed reduction medium if one runs off into
it.
Sand reminds me: In about '76 family and I were northbound on I-15 between
Victorville, CA, an Las Vegas in a sand storm. 'Had been in left lane;
visibility got really bad; I said aloud, I better stay in right
Last time I was on the 15 heading out of San Bernardino towards Vegas there
was no sand storm. It was heavy traffic with the right lane cruising about
80-90 and the left lane was going around 100-105 MPH. The only people
getting pulled over were losing their licenses. What amazed me more than
andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
I have never heard of a 123 turbo engine that expired prematurely
(whatever that means - 300K miles?) because the owner drove it too
slowly.
Marshall often said that the MB diesels that really hit the high miles (500k
plus) usually did so in a
Does oil analysis provide any benefit to those who change it every 3-4K miles?
I use M1 5W40 Turbo Diesel Truck on my 240D and change it every 4K miles. I
guess an oil analysis would tell me if I can extend that interval?
Sent from my iPhone
On May 22, 2012, at 10:38 PM, Max
On Tue, 22 May 2012 20:14:20 -0700 (PDT) Dimitri Seretakis
dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
Does oil analysis provide any benefit to those who change it every 3-4K
miles? I use M1 5W40 Turbo Diesel Truck on my 240D and change it every
4K miles. I guess an oil analysis would tell me if I can extend
At George AFB west of Victorville, I lived on eastern edge of base. On
Friday evenings, we could see 2 solid rows of red tail lights several miles
long 4 or 5 miles away across the desert going north on I-15 toward Vegas;
on Sunday evenings, two rows of headlights headed south.
Wilton
-
Unless you are looking to extend the drains, it probably wouldn't be much
help in a 240D. I see more benefit with some of the later models where
head gasket failure or cracked heads are somewhat common. The oil analysis
can help you determine if coolant is making it into the oil and if it is,
Oil analysis can also help identify if there are leaks in the air intake.
It will show as higher amounts of silicon, etc. You might see some
elevated silicon levels even if the intake was operating normally if you
drove through dust storms.
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:03 PM, Brian Toscano
Hello All,
I do a lot of freeway driving and I am wondering if I am being hard on my
car by driving it at 80mph? It doesn't knock or sound bad. Just thinking it
might be more prudent somehow to go slower.
thanks,
Dan Elliott
82 300DT 129kmi
___
Dan.
Only 80? It's not even breathing hard yet!
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred.
From: Dan Elliott danelliott2...@gmail.com
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 12:39 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Is it bad for my w123 300DT to go 80mph
Hello All,
Yeah, it wants to run flat out. You are making it unhappy.
--R
On 5/11/12 12:39 PM, Dan Elliott wrote:
Hello All,
I do a lot of freeway driving and I am wondering if I am being hard on my
car by driving it at 80mph? It doesn't knock or sound bad. Just thinking it
might be more prudent
Your fuel economy will be a bit down, but its really excellent for the
engine... keep it up! I do the same in my 300D.
Jaime
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Dan Elliott danelliott2...@gmail.comwrote:
Hello All,
I do a lot of freeway driving and I am wondering if I am being hard on my
if it's safe to ASSuME that *everything* about the car is in proper
order, there's probably nothing harmful about running it at a mere
80MPH. (remember; these things were born in the land of the Autobahn.)
ours sees that pretty much on every commute day on its way to
occasional
Dan Elliott wrote:
I do a lot of freeway driving and I am wondering if I am
being hard on my car by driving it at 80mph? It doesn't knock
or sound bad. Just thinking it might be more prudent somehow
to go slower.
Frederick Moir wrote:
Only 80? It's not even breathing hard yet!
I'm
Dan, drive it like you stole it! This is part of what I call good engine
hygiene. Highway miles at speed will have the most complete combustion,
which means less carbon, less wear and overall better engine performance.
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD
___
Cruise at 80 and pass at 90.
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Max meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Dan, drive it like you stole it! This is part of what I call good engine
hygiene. Highway miles at speed will have the most complete combustion,
which means less carbon, less wear and overall
This is how my 300d survives on wvo...I run the crap out of it. It is
to the floor and run to max rpm's in every gear every time it leaves a stop
and room permits. I am running NA gears from my old CD so it is spinning
some rpm's at anything over 60 but it is smooth as glass at 80 plus.
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