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Originally posted by LarryBible
rebootit,
everyone,
I would be curious to know how many five cylinder fans do their own repair and maintenance. For those who have it done, I can see how the five would be preferrable. For us poor folks who wrench on them ourselves, the four is a dream come true.
My $0.02,
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The first 5 banger was a 123D non-turbo in my family since 86. I now have a 82 300Sd. We, me, my dad, or both have done all repairs including pulling engines, tranny's, complete AC removal, repair...etc.... I would never, ever, not matter how much the AC messed up,etc.... ever get a 240. I need to go faster than that car and go and for me there is just no substitute for the power.(I live in SoCal, things move a little fast down here maybe?) I also have blown many a 240 stick away with my auto 123D so not all that extra power is lost in the auto tranny. Ask any old engine builder, it's darn hard to find a substitute for good old fashioned displacement.
As for the difficulty in fixing problems, I found the dificulty was only in learning the system. Once I had an understanding, then I just trouble shot and fixed accordingly. Not knowing how all those vacuum systems work would make troubleshooting most unpleasant. Sure it's a larger motor to remove, 2 more valve to adjust, but for my needs, totally worth it. In fact, after now driving the turbo 300SD, I will never own a non-turbo model no matter what. It's just so much nicer to drive when you don't have to flog it.
Frank.