Now for the source of the name: "The Diseasel"

One of my good friends has been helping me with the car since looking at it the first time. When picking it up, the interior was pretty dirty and smelled stale (gee I wonder why), but the smoke from the exhaust...Holy cow!

Car burned oil from the usual reasons (turbo seals, valve stem seals, stuck rings, etc), but was running (poorly) on 3.5 cylinders (2 dead misses, 1 intermittent). The smoke was pretty epic and extremely acrid (the picture simply doesn't do it justice).

My friend said "you can catch a disease from this thing...you sure it's a Diesel and not a Diseasel?" And there you have the source of the name...it's been stuck to it ever since!

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Current stable:
1995 E320 149K (Nancy)
1983 500SL 120K (SLoL)

Black Sheep:
1985 524TD 167K (TotalDumpster™)

Gone but not forgotten:
1986 300SDL (RIP)
1991 350SD
1991 560SEL
1990 560SEL
1986 500SEL Euro (Rusted to nothing at 47K!)