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No one calls Click and Clack about old MB diesels
I have been entertaining my ears for a few years now listen in to Car Talk, and it seems like one ever calls Click and Clack about problems with an old Benz diesel. Just wondering why this is. Not all old diesel Benz owners are DIYers. Is it because Click and Clack dislike diesels?
Cheers, Andrew
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Good question...now that you mention it I don't ever remember hearing one either.
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Perhaps we should all email tham about are cars.
This can be done at: http://www.cartalk.com/email/email.html |
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That show is so totally prescreened, those clowns only respond to the calls that they they can make fun of like 100,000 mile Tauruses and Volvos driven by 40+year-old women with weird names "Fawn from Fresno."
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If you search the archives on their site, you will find a couple of entries regarding old Benz diesels. In one of them, they caution someone not to continue using ether as an aid to cold weather starting. Quote:
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Click and Clack are unnecessary due to this forum...
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They told him a diesel was out of the question because every time he shut it off the cylinder walls would have the oil film washed away and wear would be accelerated I was able to get on the air by telling the screener that: I was a professional mechanic. I had put over 200,000 miles on my daily driver and I had never changed spark plugs, ignition wires, points, rotor or distributor cap. I mentioned that it sounded like it was running on five cylinders all the time but it still got 22 MPG. They laughed a lot and chided me for being so lazy Then I confessed that it was a 300D MB. The laughter stopped. Then I asked them why they told the other guy that his cylinder walls would be wiped out quickly when a diesel engine is "killed" by shutting off the fuel instead of stopping a spark. They were pretty good natured about it. Everyone makes mistakes, eh?
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I really like them (for entertainment), but their auto advice is sometimes... questionable, to say the least. I once heard them tell someone that the windshield film on their 912 was due to a leaky heater core.
I did hear them take a call from a woman who was complaining that her husband had collected 2 or 3 300TDs. They pretty much told her to put up with it because it was better than alternative midlife crisis activities. Good advice. |
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Proud owner of .... 1971 280SE W108 1979 300SD W116 1983 300D W123 1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper 1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel 1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified) --------------------- Section 609 MVAC Certified --------------------- "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche |
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Yeah, they're not actually all that handy for solving real problems. But no one, all of us excepted, wants to hear how to fix actual problems.
It seems like the calls are all either "I ran over a deer and now there's a loud BANG whenever I start the car, and the steering vibrates and makes a 'rattle-tattle' noise over 20mph. Should I take it to a mechanic?" OR "I'm a 37-year old stay at home mom with 7 kids. My husband wants me to drive a safe car, but I really like mid 70's Porsches, and I don't want to buy a minivan. What car should I get for taking all these kids to soccer practice? Is it OK to put a kid in the fore trunk on a Porsche?" At least their weekly brain teasers, and "stump the chumps" are fun.
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I was listening before when a lady called in and said she was looking to buy a 450SEL that was converted to veg oil and whether it was a good buy or not. I think they told her it would be a safe car because of being a 1970's tank. She seemed pleased by this and that was that. I said to myself, whoa, that car is definatley not original anymore!! I'll bet someone plopped a 617 in it after a catastropic V8 failure or something.....then they went wvo.....
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I listen every week because they are funny and I get my dose of Boston accent for the week (lived there long ago). It's also funny (for an x-eastener) to hear how Boston-centric all their comments are, they sound like they've never been out of the state. I suspect they are better at their radio show than actually fixing cars. It's fun to check out the hate mail on their web site from people who complain about their crumby advice, or the fact that they insulted someone's favorite car (e.i., What's wrong with my Vega, I think it's the best car ever made?).
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I have a heard a person call in about a problem with a turbodiesel W123 but don't remember the specifics.
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