Not looking for any answers with this thread, but I broke the line from vac pump to brake booster yesterday, and have been fighting that for 2 days with no luck.
While car was running during vacuum checking, I had to run a dog off from across the street. Was walking back down the driveway, and I am still just amazed sometimes by the amount of smoke this wagon will billow!
No whining this time, just some pics to make everyone with a non-smoking MB feel better....

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Jimmy, don't feel too bad I still have my letter from the SoCal Air Quality department when my vacuum pump had a hole in it and it was consuming mass quantities of engine oil through the intake. I was a magician for a few weeks....my crowning achievement was when I made a 95 Camry dissappear in my rearview mirror in a cloud of smoke

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1974 240D 3.0L 4(M) - 250K -OM617.910 + 300D FW + Rajay turbo power!
1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k

Looks like Andy's 300SD, before he replaced the bad turbo and got his fourth injection pump = a good used injection pump.

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Prototype R&D/testing:
Thermal & Aerodynamic System Engineering (TASE) Senior vehicle instrumentation technician.
Noise Vibration and Harshness (NVH).
Dynamometer.
Heat exchanger durability.
HV-A/C Climate Control.
Vehicle build.
Fleet Durability
Technical Quality Auditor.
Automotive Technical Writer

1985 300SD
1983 300D
2003 Volvo V70

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I think Andy still has him beat. Andy smoked out at least an acre at idle.

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Adam Lumsden
(83) 300D
Vice-President of the MBCA International Stars Section

As long as I tool around the neighborhood in my '65 190D there ain't no mosquitos.

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Jim

Yeah, I think I got him beat.. man, we should have taken pictures!!!

I think though that my smoke appeared to be more because it was dark grey.

I have that every day when getting started to leave. thought this was normal?
My neighbors are closing their windows when I roll up the garage ....

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"Schwarzbraun ist die Haselnuss":

1979 300D 234.000 Miles "Brownie"
daily driver,
1979 6.9 Sundays to the Tavern
and car shows "Big Brownie"

RE: your 1979 300D 232.000 Miles "Brownie" daily driver.
Start with all NEW glow plugs.

I was told that was normal.. (but he told me a LOT of crap when i bought that car, that im thinking was all lies) the guy that sold me my car got in impounded, and ALMOST put the car in limbo at the DMV for years... he cost me SOOO much money in the first week I owned that car... *continues ranting and raving*

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Kenni
'85 300D turbo
208K miles
FOR SALE (kinda)

Mine hardly smokes at all. Under heavy load up small hills, I can see a trail, but not much more than a puff on start up and none visible at idle. Do I have a problem?

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1984 300SD 326,997 miles and counting . . . No wait, my odometer is still dead

Sounds like normal operation of a good engine.

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ASE Master Mechanic
https://whunter.carrd.co/

Prototype R&D/testing:
Thermal & Aerodynamic System Engineering (TASE) Senior vehicle instrumentation technician.
Noise Vibration and Harshness (NVH).
Dynamometer.
Heat exchanger durability.
HV-A/C Climate Control.
Vehicle build.
Fleet Durability
Technical Quality Auditor.
Automotive Technical Writer

1985 300SD
1983 300D
2003 Volvo V70

https://www.boldegoist.com/