Anyone familiar with this diesel - 2.2 litre engine? Is it reliable or one to avoid? thanks in advance.

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1985 300 D T - Rauchsilber (Smoke Sliver Metallic) with MB Tex Quartz 155 = Cream interior - 320K and counting!

1999 E300 TD - Silver - Just got her 3-13-15 !

the 2nd '83 300SD - Brown Metallic - traded away

1985 Limo Diesel aka "Stretchy" - Sliver - Blue Int - Sold but still in Athens

1983 300SD - Brown Metallic - Sold April 2008

1982 300 D T - Royal Blue with Tan interior - Sold

Isn't this the one with the earliest version of the 60x engine, the 601? Normally aspirated 4-banger? Not sure if this was the engine that had the single-row timing chain. Should be OK, these 201s had a lot of features later used in the W124 models.

Jeremy

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

t'is a good engine

not as prone to the head failures of concurrent relatives of the same era


*edit: Do some research on Marshall Booth

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My experience - pretty much bulletproof. A 190D 2.2 with a 5-speed tranny can readily achieve over 40mpg. I think of it as the more modern equivalent of the 240D.

You won't win many drag races, but the pure simplicity of the drivetrain is enjoyable.

190's in general are prone to the same kinds of problems that plague other MB's. Climate control issues and power window problems are fairly common. Windows are easy to fix. Climate control issues are not usually so easy.

SteveM.

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'93 190E/D 2.5 Turbodiesel 5-speed (daily driver)
'87 190D 2.5 Turbo rustbucket - parts car
'84 Dodge Rampage diesel - Land Speed Record Holder
'13 Ram 2500 Diesel
'05 Toyota 4Runner