Still on the cutting edge of diesel technology.



2010 Mercedes Diesels
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-us&q=2010+mercedes+diesels&aq=0&oq=2010+mercedes+diesel&aqi=g8

I think the cost of filling up the urea tanks will become prohibitive when the cars go out of warranty.

Hopefully it will be a matter of tricking the sender unit

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They're nice, but I'm still not really tempted.

Urea costs roughly $7.75 for a half gallon bottle with the biggest system taking 8.5 gallons and needs replenishment only every 10,000 miles. I don't think a person who's slapped down at least $60k for a new vehicle will care about spending $130 every 10,000 miles, even when out of warranty.

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Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

I know, but eventually the cost per gallon will go up. Time will tell I guess how the cost of such a emissions system will cost. I still love the new 2010 e class vehicles even if they are an electrical nightmare.

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Urea granules are about $500 a ton ~ 25c/pound. I assume the urea is just dissolved in water. It wont take long for some enterprising person to produce after market stuff at a reasonable price.

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I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

Isn't it made from urine?

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I believe the stuff they use is synthetic.

Next time you are busting for a P** , just pull up on the side of the highway & lift the hood. When the highway patrol asks what you are doing just say 'I was filling my urea tank!'

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

. I'm in - but never ever again new.

Not at all.

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

i would love one of those euro e220's

I don't think you would actually. Unless they've had all their ****ty delphi injectors replaced with Bosh ones. There's a thread somewhere about the problems Mercedes are having with the new four cylinder diesels that are dropping like flies all over the roads of Europe because they tried to cut costs on them by using delphi parts instead of Bosch. One would have thought they'd have learned by now. But apparently the bean counters still rule in Stuttgart.

- Peter.

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2021 Chevrolet Spark
Formerly...
2000 GMC Sonoma
1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021
2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels
1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles.
1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S

"Made from Urine".... Mercedes Benz still on the edge of cutting diesel technology!

While I agree on some aspects of the technological advancement, VW has managed to do this without the urea injection...

just sayin

steve a