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Oldest Original Glow Plugs
I read a post from a guy with a 1983 300D, 215,000 miles, with all original glow plugs. 27 years and all those miles....that's pretty impressive.
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=286890&page=2 Any others with that kind of glow plug longevity? I replaced all five in the 92 about five years ago with 175,000 miles on it. Last year, in my first year of ownership of the 91, I replaced four of the five with only 80,000 miles on it. I guess the previous owner made lots of short trips.
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14 E250 Bluetec "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 153k miles 06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 171k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU 91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion 19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi Fourteen other MB's owned and sold 1961 Very Tolerant Wife |
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Just replaced mine today
After 200,000 miles of driving but that was only in ~ 5 years of driving. 4 were completely shot and I was stumbling on start so I figured it must be time.
Now I've got a squeal issue Need to update my sig but I'm at 306,000 miles as of tonight.
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1991 190E 311K [Brilliant Silver/Black MBTEx] -retired 1996 E300 315K [Black/Grey MBTex] Want to put a tank in the trunk for WVO/SVO in the E300 Need to find a place to store my OIL! Still procrastinating about the biodiesel/WVO Made some biodiesel but so afraid to pour it all in - I've added some and think I'll supplement my fuel to see how I make out Made some biodiesel but the process scares me - methanol fumes are not your friend! Need to do this outside. |
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We bought my brother's 300D with 221k on it 2 years ago, it had all original plugs....they sorta worked. Replacing them made a HUGE difference in starting. And its why we got the car so cheap in the first place.
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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life- '15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800) '17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k) '09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k) '13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k) '01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km) '16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k) |
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