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Little Help Please
I have fallen in love with this beautiful 220 D The chassis number is W115 and the engine number is OM615. it burns about a quart in a thousand highway miles, but I am told that is totally within spec for a car of this vintage???!? I am also told that they wanted residual oil in the upper cylinder/valves so a bit of crankcase blowby was engineered into the design.
I am not a mechanic, just a simple sole who is in love with this 1972 classic Benz. I have to fly to Colorado and drive it back to Austin, TX where I live. I am buying this car from a friend , Pitansk as he is know on this site, and I trust him. I realize this is an old car, but if any one could advise me on this purchase I would appreciate any advice you may have. All i know is that if my 01 Toyota was burning 1 quart in a 1000 miles I would be in trouble! Any comments or help are greatly appreciated. Thanks Claytor |
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I think a quart per thousand miles falls into spec for most new car manufacturers actually.
Kevin 1979 240D 1978 300D |
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Check the oil often and drive. How many miles are on it now?
BEWARE: THESE THINGS ARE ADDICTIVE
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81 Mercedes 300SD 289k.......SOLD 82 Mercedes 300CD 252k......slow ride 82 mercedes 300 SD...mi Unknown 83 Mercedes 300D ????ksniff..gone too 84 Mercedes 300D 148k........SOLD 85 Mercedes 300TD 386k and holding some one elses project |
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Miles?
Pictures of undersides of wheel wells, etc. This thing may be rusted out, or bondo'ed everywhere, to hide the repaired rusted-out areas. Check under floor carpeting for rusted areas. If the car is wearing freshly painted lower side panels or undersides........run like hell! You can bet on a car this old, up north, being a rust pit.. |
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Thanks
This car is a california garage kept car. There is no rust , for the age and I spoke with the mechanic who checked it out in Colorado and he said he thought about buying it. All I needed to hear was that a quart per thousand falls remotely close to some one s specs. I bought the ticket and will be back with the car on Monday (with any luck) Thanks for the help fellas, wish me luck!http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/pitansk/Bluecar/
By the way check out the shots at this link.... Claytor |
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I saw pics of that car and loved it too.. Good luck with it. Have a safe trip back.
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You'll want to check-in here at some point...
http://www.strichachtclub.de/c_aktuelles/c_aktuelles_neuigkeiten.php Use Babel Fish or Google to translate. And, congratualtions on your find! The /8 oldtimers are amazing little cars. |
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