Really we are all a bunch of good guys here. I've been on for a year and learned a lot. The DD forum is normally very professional, with a bare minimum of the foolishness found in lots of other places on the web. If you want foolishness go check out the open discussion forum on this site....

I'm an electrical engineer so I have jumped in to help on a lot of people's electrical problems on W123 and W124s. At first I was kind of reluctant to jump in but now I am on almost every day.

We all have different ranges of expertise and there are some highly talented people on board. A lot of us have day jobs (I'm somewhere over NM on my way to a customer site typing this right now) and we can't be on all the time.

These cars are amazing machines, please consider sticking around as you will learn a great deal about how your car works. Even if you are not comfortable doing your own work, having the knowledge is a wonderful thing to spot problems early and understand what your mechanic is telling you.

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The OM 642/722.9 powered family
Still going strong
2014 ML350 Bluetec (wife's DD)
2013 E350 Bluetec (my DD)

both my kids cars went to junkyard in 2023
2008 ML320 CDI (Older son’s DD) fatal transmission failure, water soaked/fried rear SAM, numerous other issues, just too far gone to save (165k miles)
2008 E320 Bluetec (Younger son's DD) injector failed open and diluted oil with diesel, spun main bearings (240k miles)

1998 E300DT sold to TimFreeh
1987 300TD sold to vstech

Hmm. this thread seems to be a tad out of character for this site, but everyone jumps in to defend their love. if someone said something rude to my wife, I'd jump right up and get right in their face. this is how we feel about this forum, and really, really really, we are an extremely helpful bunch.
this thread was the first I'd heard about putting any oil in the pump, I'm glad you started the thread.
Welcome to the forum! sorry we seem to have gotten off on the wrong foot.
I'll go in and edit out anything I find inappropriate.

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!