Larry - LOL good try on trying to swap for a manual 240D
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After having owned one for a couple months now I see what everyone has been talking about. Whenever I have to go somewhere I tend to take it and leave the 300TD at the house
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Sorry to hear you are having so much trouble with the IP timing. How old are the injectors? In talking with my injector man he said that if they "leak" they can cause smoking.
I hate to see you throw in the towel on the car but kinda know how you feel. Oh yea, another reason to hate automatic transmissions - we (my 14 yr old boy and I) just wrestled the one out of the 300D that I have the engine torn down in and I put it right up there at the top for pia jobs.