Flare is a pause while the transmission is shifting from one gear to the next, and during this pause the engine revs much higher than it should, at least that is my experience, I'm sure someone else here could give a more technical explanation of what is actaully happening when flare occurs.

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1985 Mercedes W123 300TD euro Wagon 195k - new Daily Driver

1982 Mercedes W123 300D Turbo Diesel 259k - sold

1977 Mercedes W123 300D Diesel 111k - "Rayzer" - sold

FYI, don't anybody bother making a bookmark to that link. I've switched ISPs and it's going to go away someday (I'm suprised it still works as it is).

I've moved that same writeup over to:
http://w123maintenance.blogspot.com/2008/02/k-1-spring-kit-replacement-and.html

Since it's a blog on blogspot.com, it should now be independent of which ISP I'm using.

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