Does the diesel suffer from the same wiring that turns to dust? I see a lot of original 95 e300d’s that have a lot of miles on them with no issues

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1993 e300
1995 e320
1994 e320
2006 s500 4matic
2004 Jeep wj overland
2001 Ducati 748
2004 Honda shadow aero

Yes

i figured but was hoping Mercedes didn’t do the ecojunk on the diesel

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1993 e300
1995 e320
1994 e320
2006 s500 4matic
2004 Jeep wj overland
2001 Ducati 748
2004 Honda shadow aero

That engine will run even if you remove the battery and disable the alternator too. I have seen cars for sale that had a crumbling wiring, ghosts in the gauge cluster, no idle control because the wiring was crumbled - but the engine ran and the car moves and runs.

According to sellers - the car is "perfect" because it starts, runs and shifts

on a gasoline/benzin car the engine will shut off with bad wiring. The good part is that repairing the wiring on the diesel is very easy as there are not much wires in there.

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2012 BMW X5 (Beef + Granite suspension model)

1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)