Hi All,

As much as I hate buying cars on eBay it looks like I have bought myself a 2.5 190D.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220072077774

I have owned various older diesels in the past including various VW's and a BMW 524TD. This is my first MB diesel.

Now besides teh usual ritual of changing all the fluids, what else should I be checking or addressing sooner rather than later. What things should I look for when I go to pick it up? (for example, on the old VW diesels you would check for steady coolant flow to the overflow bottle as sputtering is indicative of bad head gasket). Any idea on why the temp/fuel/oil pressure gauges are not working.

OK, thanks. I have had very good luck and very bad luck buying vehicles on EvilBay. Hopefully this falls into the good category.

Thanks.