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Originally Posted by MisterWhisler
I just bought a 1996 E300 on Friday. This weekend, I was cleaning it up and getting to know everything and I noticed that the fuel gauge says "Premium Unleaded Fuel Only." Does this mean the dash has been swapped, or could this have been a mistake at the factory? It has the "squiggly" light on the right to show that diesel is priming (or at least that's what I was told it's doing) so I can't figure out why that would be on a gas dash. The mileage is 185K and there were no red flags on the CarFax.
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Welcome to PP !!
You may be better posting in diesel discussion for information on your car.
As others have suggested, it sounds like the instrument cluster has been changed. It is unlikely that only the fuel gauge would have been changed.
What does the owners books/service records say about the car?
It may be interesting to get a full service report from a dealer.
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