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Old 07-18-2006, 08:18 AM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by jbach36

So I wonder, how quiet and vibration free can a W124 2.5 diesel be made? Someone said the valves on this one are self adjusting, so there's nothing there for me to do. I'm assuming I'll have to take it into a mechanic to do any finer tuning to it.
This is virtually impossible to provide comparative info for over the internet. One person's "slight roughness" is another person's "dead smooth". It all depends on perspective.

If you are using a FI gasser as a basis, no diesel will ever come close........especially five cylinders due to the inherent unbalance.

See if you can check out other 2.5's..........then you'll have a basis for judgment.
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