I recently bought a 1987 190D 2.5 turbo, which is great - runs very well, shifts fine, about 300,000 miles, under $1000, starts on the first crank...then there are the silly little quirks we keep finding. So far:

- Door Locks: the front driver's side and passenger's side doors cannot be unlocked with the key. If you turn the key, you can get them to push up a little bit, but not enough that the door will actually open. This is important, as I might be moving to a city and would like to be able to lock my car.

-Idle Low: The car idles at around 500 rpm and is obviously too low...the car doesn't stall or seem to have any other problems related to this, but I'd like it to run smoother.

-Heater doesn't blow hot: Fan works; heat does not happen.

- Passenger seat will not move forward (but will move backwards...go figure)

- coolant level seems low (but we don't know of any leak)


We've just started really working on it, so we'll probably run into more quirky things in the next few days. We're assuming that some of the above are vacuum system related, but are not all that familiar with Mercedes (yet). Any suggestions or tips?

--Ilse