Sounds like a nice car.
look it up at
www.nhtsa.dot.gov
to find out if any recall stuff exists for it.
You might contact
"der Dieseling Doktor" mbooth+@pitt.edu
also Marshall Booth ambooth@email.msn.com
he knows alot about diesels and owns
many including an '84 190D 2.2 225Kmiles
Viel Gluck
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1979 300D
133K miles
1989 300SE
1995 C280