Pete:

Different final drive ratios and overdrive gears in the Volvo and 300D. Different redlines, too -- the Volly goes up to 5300 rpm, I've heard the MB stops at 4600 (electronically controlled).

I once figured out that theoretically the Volvo would do 120 mph before the engine ran at redline, but I suspect I'd be out of horsepower before then. It's only a 2.4 litre engine, 105 horsepower.

And I could be wrong, I've stopped looking at the tach most of the time.

3200 rpm is right at what everyone I've read on the list says. Probably got 3.72 rear end ratio, as that is what I have in the 300TE, and it runs about the same rpm at 70.

Drive all you like -- the TE has a little over 200,000 miles on it, has good oil pressure, only uses a quart of oil every thousand miles or so -- and it was not all that well taken care of before I got it!

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!