For an OM616/617 its no surprise, out here, in severely abused commercial applications like LCV, people carriers, vans, these engines easily last over 400,000KM, that too with infrequent oil changes of poor quality CD rated Castrol cheapo or worse, air filters are neglected, so is valve adjustment. The light trucks are loaded to 6 tons when their actual capacity is around 3.5tons, the MB tranny and diff still last to 3-40000 KM and that too on potholed roads. No wonder these engines from MB are true legends.
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99 Gurkha with OM616 IDI turbo
2015 Gurkha with OM616 DI turbo
2014 Rexton W with OM612 VGT
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