Great input and I'm not complaining. Just something I noticed and thought it would be interesting to find the culprit if there was one. I mean crap. This car I have has 300K on it. But then again nobody took care of this car according to the records after the late 80's. But my wagon on the other hand 290K never rebuilt, and maintained well, runs like it is brandnew. So I agree they are bullet proof but not nimrod proof . And it just seemed there are way more 240d's with the problem.

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76 300D 130K "Stella" (Sold )
74 240D 299K (Donated to Highschool For Senior Project WVO)
83 300TDT 290K (My one and only)
Sanford, NC