emilio,
Was it the R129 that started to smoke, or was it another MB model? I have heard of MB's that started to smoke because of the window washer fluid heater. In our 2000 people village called Zieuwent 2 mercedesses (250 turbo diesel and 190 2,3-26) were burnt completely due to a short in the window washer fluid heater system of the W124.
ymsin,
You should have seen by the US lights that it was not emilio's european vehicle...
greetingz,