Maybe this is old news but I just found out that Freightliner Sprinter cargo vans have MB drivelines and cdi DIESELS!!! I suppose a little large for most of us but what a great workvan or small RV this thing would be....
http://www.sprinter.com/echora/dcvan/sprinter/SPRINTER2_RIGHT/CVMMain.ehtml

I don't suppose the engine/trans package would swap easily into older MB chassis???? Hmmmm.
RT

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03' Volkswagen Jetta TDI blue/black, 93K
93' Chevrolet C2500HD ExCab 6.5TD, Two-tone blue, 252K

Yeah this is old news... But none the less, I thought the exact same thing you did: swap these new CDi's in for our 60x, 61x engines! I think those vans go for only 28 grand or something!

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FedEx has been using them for well over a year around here.. they sound sweet. I would love to find a wrecked one..

I don't get it. If they have been available for a while yet it is said that the CDI engines can't run with the high-sulfur-content diesel fuel we have right now, how did these Sprinter vans run?

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Holson,

Why couldn't they run on high sulphur Diesel fuel? They just can't meet the emission reauirements.

BTW, why don't you get rid of the ugly BMW picture? LOL

P E H

I see. I wonder if I'll ever see CDI's in MA. I guess every now and then I'll see one with a NH plate or something

The ugly BMW? I think the E24 is gorgeous only the back is a lil ugly.

I don't wanna go off topic so I'm just gonna add it here... yeah I like the E34 better. More modern, etc. But I love the E24's nose! They both have the same S38 motor though right? with its $10k head or something hehehe... oh well BMW's

E34 M5 is better. I lust for one.

In "The Star" (MBCA mag) they reported that the Diesel Sedans are coming back as a E320 CDi in 2004.




Just in time for my parents next car purchase. I can see it now, the old Diesel and the new Diesel sitting together in the Driveway, would make for a nice pic.

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I read recently, also in the STAR I believe, MB is having tests run to see if the E320CDI can be sold in the "hold out" states, so don't give up hope yet Holson!

Jim

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1986 Euro 190E 2.3-16 (291,000 miles),
1998 E300D TurboDiesel, 231,000 miles -purchased with 45,000,
1988 300E 5-speed 252,000 miles,
1983 240D 4-speed, purchased w/136,000, now with 222,000 miles.
2009 ML320CDI Bluetec, 89,000 miles

Owned:
1971 220D (250,000 miles plus, sold to father-in-law),
1975 240D (245,000 miles - died of body rot),
1991 350SD (176,560 miles, weakest Benz I have owned),
1999 C230 Sport (45,400 miles),
1982 240D (321,000 miles, put to sleep)

I think the problems with our fuel is that the catalytic convertors that they have cannot handle the high sulfur content. Is this correct? If it is, are these CDi's that are here now in the vans without these cat's?

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