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Originally Posted by DieselAddict
The 70's and 80's MB diesels are simple. I'll give you that. They're also uncomfortable, inefficient, smoky and tend to leak or burn oil. And no, they don't run forever. In fact in my experience they start to burn oil sooner than the newer diesels because they're not built to the same precision, and I've seen plenty of old MB diesels for sale with rebuilt engines.
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You are SO right about them not running forever! My 84 240D only made it a little over 500,000 miles. Piece of junk! Maybe if it would have had a timing belt that I could have replaced every 90,000 miles it would have gone farther.