Quote:
Originally Posted by ConnClark
I see you have never owned a pre 1986 w126  The OM617 engine was as bullet proof as they ever got. |
no.. never owned one but always admired the 126s, just perhaps a little big for the UK. Never the less the W126 was also a truely great car.
Reading around the web the OM613 (my engine) does seem to be well liked.
Mine's 177k miles and so far it's only needed oil changes and two new thermostats, that's it.
I'm planning on taking it over 300k miles... hypermiling of a different sort.
//EDIT
Googling on I found this:
"The compression-ignition engine also found its way into the 126 series in the 300 SD Turbodiesel (1980 to 1985) and 350 SD Turbodiesel (1990 to 1991). What these specimens of the Stuttgart luxury class had in common is that they were sold only in North America."
Which could be a very good reason for my ignorance of these engines in a 126... living as I do in the UK.