I jusy bought a 1990 300D turbo,,,,,what motor does it have???I see people talk about 124,,123,,ect,,,,please help educate a new MB owner....thanks,,,,and is this motor reliable and inexpensive to fix or not??

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You have an OM602 turbo. This signifies it as a 5-cylinder turbodiesel with 121 hp and 165 lb/ft of torque.

The terms 123, 124 are referring to chassis code. Yours is referred to as the 124.

I noticed you are from PEI. Great place up there. Wonder how the potato farms are doing this year. Also the beef and cattle business(with the mad cow crisis). I have relatives therebouts. Anyone who may be a Mackay, and is native to the land, is my cousin.

Expensive to fix? Depends on what you need done. They are very reliable otherwise, and quite frugal with diesel consumption.

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1986 Porsche 951 (944 Turbo) (166000)

1978 Porsche 924 (99000)

1996 Nissan Pathfinder R50 (201000)

ditto the above post... except the part about the mackays.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I don't consider this particular MB Diesel (60 series) as one of their better designs until you get up to the 605-606, the earlier 60 series like this I'd rather avoid.

Gilly

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Thanks for the info,,,,,the car runs GREAT,,,I got 34 miles per gallon on my first tank full. Such a pleasure to drive,,,,,,I do know some McKays here on PEI,,,,all nice people of course,,,

Congratulations on your purchase and welcome to the Forum.
What are you paying for Diesel on PEI ?
Our price here in Ontario for Low Sulphur Sunoco Gold is about $0.859Cdn./ litre ($2.57 US/gall.).

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1991 M-B 560SEL Arctic White/Grey 99,000 Miles
1987 M-B 300SDL Ivory/Palomino 229,000 Miles (sold but never forgotten)
2006 Volvo XC70 Blue/Beige
1999 Porsche Boxster Arena Red/Savanna Beige
1986 Porsche 928S Goldweiss/Brown