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10-22-2010, 03:41 PM
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Oldest Original Glow Plugs
I read a post from a guy with a 1983 300D, 215,000 miles, with all original glow plugs. 27 years and all those miles....that's pretty impressive.
Which brand of glow plugs do you recommend? Any others with that kind of glow plug longevity? I replaced all five in the 92 about five years ago with 175,000 miles on it. Last year, in my first year of ownership of the 91, I replaced four of the five with only 80,000 miles on it. I guess the previous owner made lots of short trips.
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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 159k miles 06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 179k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU 91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver on Tan, 145k mi, wastegate conversion, ALDA delete 19 Honda CR-V EX 77k mi Fourteen other MB's owned and sold 1961 Very Tolerant Wife 
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10-22-2010, 07:36 PM
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Just replaced mine today
After 200,000 miles of driving but that was only in ~ 5 years of driving. 4 were completely shot and I was stumbling on start so I figured it must be time
 .Now I've got a squeal issue  Need to update my sig but I'm at 306,000 miles as of tonight.
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1991 190E 311K [Brilliant Silver/Black MBTEx] -retired 1996 E300 315K [Black/Grey MBTex] Want to put a tank in the trunk for WVO/SVO in the E300 Need to find a place to store my OIL!  Still procrastinating about the biodiesel/WVO Made some biodiesel but so afraid to pour it all in - I've added some and think I'll supplement my fuel to see how I make out  Made some biodiesel but the process scares me - methanol fumes are not your friend! Need to do this outside.
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10-23-2010, 12:05 AM
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We bought my brother's 300D with 221k on it 2 years ago, it had all original plugs....they sorta worked.
 Replacing them made a HUGE difference in starting. And its why we got the car so cheap in the first place.
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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-  '15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800) '17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k) '09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k) '13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k) '01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km) '16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)
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