If the rods are bent the pistons will be clanking in the cylinders and it will smoke -- this only takes a couple hundred miles at most to appear. Very nasty.
If it runs well, doesn't smoke, and has proper compression (get the compression test done!), buy it.
Nice car.
Peter
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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!
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