Truck manufacturers have had 20+ years to begin adopting the changes to their engines that Mercedes made to the OM617 engine in the 1980s. We're not talking Bluetec here, just simple things that diesel cars have had for years. That truck engine builders chose to ignore the problem until the state finally got tired of their stalling and forced them to comply does not wring any tears out of me.

Our local PBS radio station (KQED) had a program on the subject a day or so ago. One of the participants was a spokeswoman for the trucking industry; all she did was whine. She gets no sympathy from me. Truck owners and drivers, OTOH, shouldn't have all of the burden dumped on them for something that is primarily a manufacturing lapse.

Jeremy

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
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"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
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