There is a kind of MB diesel Nirvana – at least for a while. I’m somewhat there now. The last ‘big’ project was a year ago this past February and that was more PM than repair as the car was still running. About a year ago I replaced a leaking coolant line (heater core to engine return), not a big deal. It’s been about two years since it last did not run – an air and fuel leak fixed by a new primer pump.

About two weeks ago there was some power loss, hesitation – uh oh…

Fortunately it seems a new inline filter fixed that.

Once you get over the ‘400,000 mile hump’ it’s all smooth sailing from there.