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Originally Posted by ForcedInduction
Here is the video. Link
The tach is jumping from a loose amp connection and the yellow light shows the water injection is active.
I had to play with the throttle a bit to keep EGT's under 1250*f. |
I'm amazed my engines have not blown up yet. The 240D has been run with the speedometer pegged for considerably longer than you show in your video. It was run down a massive hill at full throttle, somewhere around 95 MPH (the lead car was going 100 and slowly pulling away).
It has been run up hills in Pennsylvania at 50-55 MPH for minutes at a time, then, shifted to 4th and lugged all the way down to 40 MPH, where it would downshift and climb right back to 55 MPH. No, I was NOT driving.
When the 300D Turbo was new to me, I ran it up steep hills and freeway grades at full throttle to remove crud from the engine. It worked, and the car emmited a puff of smoke on three separate occasions, which was followed by smoother running.
Mercedes must really know what they're doing.