an Anonymous Greaser -
Saturday, June 2, 2007 - 14:45
Hey Chris,
A while back, I invested 2 grand to buy a 1983 300D Turbo Diesel with high mileage. I had a little fun driving it, and then the engine blew. I thought it would be a good investment... well yes and NO. I mean it is a MERCEDES. I will never sell it for what I invested, but I had the engine rebuilt and it ran, but there was so many problems I got tired of dumping money into it. Finally, I dumped enough money, and bought an auto manual to understand the basics, and I partially restored it to running condition and I love it! It still needs work here and there, you know old switches, AC, etc, but with patience it can be a really nice reliable car. YES, diesels like this smoke a little, but I put a diesel supplement like CETANE in it and the smoke is almost not even noticable. BIODIESEL? If it is DIESEL, it will burn! Oil and gas is what this car runs on.
Listen this car was not meant to be raced OK! The take off is extremely slow, but I found with a high OCTANE supplement and shifting down in a lower gear, the car works like any other (make sure there is enough transmission fluid, not over-filling). The speed and power of this TURBO DIESEL only kicks in when you are driving at around 40-60 mph or so, then you don't even have to hardly touch the pedal at that point. I find this car to be totally unique, just invest some $$$ in it and the 300D is great. (Eventhough, the engine might need to be rebuilt, make sure there are no leaks, I mean diesel engines leak a little but all seals should be replaced.)I am not sure about the conversion factor for vegetable oil, but if they sell it at the pump, you can burn it.
Smoking Mercedes
Hey Chris,
A while back, I invested 2 grand to buy a 1983 300D Turbo Diesel with high mileage. I had a little fun driving it, and then the engine blew. I thought it would be a good investment... well yes and NO. I mean it is a MERCEDES. I will never sell it for what I invested, but I had the engine rebuilt and it ran, but there was so many problems I got tired of dumping money into it. Finally, I dumped enough money, and bought an auto manual to understand the basics, and I partially restored it to running condition and I love it! It still needs work here and there, you know old switches, AC, etc, but with patience it can be a really nice reliable car. YES, diesels like this smoke a little, but I put a diesel supplement like CETANE in it and the smoke is almost not even noticable. BIODIESEL? If it is DIESEL, it will burn! Oil and gas is what this car runs on.
Listen this car was not meant to be raced OK! The take off is extremely slow, but I found with a high OCTANE supplement and shifting down in a lower gear, the car works like any other (make sure there is enough transmission fluid, not over-filling). The speed and power of this TURBO DIESEL only kicks in when you are driving at around 40-60 mph or so, then you don't even have to hardly touch the pedal at that point. I find this car to be totally unique, just invest some $$$ in it and the 300D is great. (Eventhough, the engine might need to be rebuilt, make sure there are no leaks, I mean diesel engines leak a little but all seals should be replaced.)I am not sure about the conversion factor for vegetable oil, but if they sell it at the pump, you can burn it.
Curtis.