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Old 02-14-2014, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Skid Row Joe View Post
To what I read, the OP isn't considering an MB diesel with the DPF OR adblue compartments.
That would be correct. No Blue.

Such a valuable resource, this inter-web thing. If the first person I called, who had a 2005 E320 CDI for sale, had visited this forum, he may have not bought the car he was now trying to sell 5 months later. He scoured the country until he found the "perfect" car at a non-MB dealer in OH. In the first 3 months he had the oil cooler seals fail, the turbo oil seal fail, that resulted in a failed servomotor. Many dollars later he is trying to sell it way above market to recover his costs.

It was interesting to see these issues crop up as I waded through carfax service reports.

Thanks to this forum, I know about these potential failures and will look for a car they have been dealt with on, or discount my offer accordingly.

Thanks all. If I do actually purchase a vehicle, I'll let you know.
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2012 S350 BlueTEC 4Matic
2007 ML 320 CDI
2007 Leisure Travel Serenity
2006 Sprinter 432k
2005 E320 CDI
1998 SLK230 (teal)
1998 SLK230 (silver)
1996 E300D 99k, 30k on WVO
Previous:
1983 240D, on WVO
1982 300D, on WVO
1983 300CD, on WVO
1986 300SDL 237k, 25k on WVO (Deerslayer)
1991 350SDL 249k, 56k on WVO - Retired to a car spa in Phoenix
1983 380 SEC w/603 diesel, 8k on WVO
1996 E300D 351k, 177k on WVO
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