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Old 09-18-2012, 02:29 PM
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Always smells like diesel
 
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Originally Posted by Air&Road View Post
He flies it occasionally and he changes the oil every two months whether it has been started or not for corrosion prevention purposes. Most people at the airport make fun of his oil change regimen, and I ALMOST do, but given the EXTREME rarity and the impossibility of finding parts, I think it's probably overkill, but justified.
Oil's cheap, and you can 'fuge it and use it as fuel in a beater Benz and recover some of the cost.
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Lots of diesel W126s in the past
Current: 1991 Toyota 4Runner with an OM603
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