What's R stand for???

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-E300d '99 350k
-Suburban '93 220k
-TDI Jetta '03 350k
Sold
-F250 '96 7.3
-Dodge Ram 12V
-E320 '95 200k
-E320 Wagon 1994 155k
-300d Turbo '87 187k miles
-E320 1994 200k
-300d Turbo '84 245k (sold to Dan62)
-300d Turbo '84 180k
-300sd '80 300k
-7.3 Powerstroke Diesel 15P Van 500k+ miles
-190d '89 Non Turbo 2.5 5cyl 240k (my first MB)
Tom's Imports of Columbia MO Ruined the IP in changing leaky delivery valve O-Rings - Refused to stand behind his work. Mid-MO MB drivers-AVOID Tom's.

Reserve

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'99 S420, 155k
'91 VW Vanagon GL, 150k
'85 VW Vanagon GL, 120k
'82 VW Westy, aircooled, 165k

IIRC, it means Reserve. Same as E on American cars.

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RRGrassi


70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

RUCKWARTS sorry, still don't know how to do umlauts yet on my non enhanced keyboard.

'Backwards' --as in the direction you need to go to get to the last gas station you just passed.

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1987 300D (230,000 mi on a #14 head-watching the temp gauge and keeping the ghost in the machine)
Raleigh NC - Home of deep fried sushi!

In my best Scooby Doo voice:

R'uh R'oh!

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Hold down the "Alt"-key and press:

0196 for Ä
0228 for ä
0214 for Ö
0246 for ö
0220 for Ü
0252 for ü
0223 for ß

Works with Windows XP, probably with other versions as well. If not, you can always substitute with ae for ä, oe for ö, ue for ü and ss for ß.

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'99 S420, 155k
'91 VW Vanagon GL, 150k
'85 VW Vanagon GL, 120k
'82 VW Westy, aircooled, 165k

I think that was Astro, George Jetson's dog.

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RRGrassi


70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

I was thinking Scobby Doo also. He would say "you should be Rooking for a gas station".

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Doug

1987 300TD x 3
2005 E320CDI

I can't remember the exact spec, but you have around 2 gallons left in the system once you hit "R"eserve.

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Adam Lumsden
(83) 300D
Vice-President of the MBCA International Stars Section

It stands for "low fuel light is going to light."

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Kent Christensen
Albuquerque
'07 GL320CDI, '10 CL550. '01 Porsche Boxster
Two BMW motorcycles

There seems to be a good deal of car-to-car variation in how much fuel is left in the tank at "R". At the "R" mark, my W123 car's 21 gallon tank will take about 15 gallons. The last time I waited until the light came on, it took 16.4 gallons. I'm not willing to drop the fuel level lower 'cause I've not yet pulled and cleaned the screen and don't know how much crud there might be in the bottom of the tank. (I'd like to think that a year's worth of B100 has cleaned it all out but that's probably wishful thinking.)

Jeremy

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

Assuming that it works, the low fuel light is more consistant from car-to-car than the needle position near R.

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Ron Schroeder
'85 300 Turbo Diesel 2 tank WVO
'83 300 Turbo Diesel 2 tank WVO
Some former WVO vehicles since ~1980:
'83 Mercedes 240D
'80 Audi 4000D
'83 ISUZU Pup
'70 SAAB 99 with Kubota diesel
'76 Honda Civic with Kubota diesel
'86 Golf
Several diesel generators
All with 2 tank WVO conversion
LI NY

Rempty.

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1980 300SD (Mr. Sparkles), 1976 450SEL, 1982 300D turbo, 1989 VW Cabriolet morphing into a td cabriolet , 1997 TDI Passat, 1996 piece of Jeep,1993 F150, 1990 F250 7.3L...i think that's it, for now.

I wish we had a real reserve like old cars used to. I always loved the reserve lever (and lack of fuel gauge) in old VWs.

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-justin

1987 300TD, 1987 300TD
2008 R32, 2000 Passat Wagon