1987 Mercedes Benz 300D

it says...
"Car runs smokes due to one bad injector transmission runs great. 328k miles. Can be driven away. Call me 9197103536 Jimmy"


shouldn't there be gills on the passenger front fender?

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1987 190d 2.5Turbo

No fender grills on the '87.

Lots of stuff to look over on an older car...especially for $750...

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1982 240D, sold 9/17/2008
1987 300D TurboW124.133 - 603.960, 722.317 - Smoke Silver Metallic / Medium Red (702/177), acquired 8/15/2009
262,715 and counting

I'd see if the the seller is willing to let you pull compression numbers to confirm that the smoke isn't due to bad rings... if nothing else, at least do the blow-by test.

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

Worth taking a chance for that price....if in fact it drives fine.

Ask him how he knows it's bad injector.

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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 154k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 172k 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

At 328k it will need a hell of a lot more then just injectors....its a good price but you got to ask your self how much are you willing to put into it...

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Would be easy to test injector. Should not smoke when driven, only at low revs.
Blowby would show a bit.
See if coolant looks good.

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1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

What color smoke? If white, assume a cracked head. Signs and symptoms would be similar to a blown head gasket. Even if it does have a cracked head, and you feel like a project, the price (possibly negotiable down some) is right.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

You can perfectly get $500 in scrap alone. Go ahead!

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[GONE] - 1995 Mercedes E300 Diesel - 130k miles - Smoke Silver (702) over Mushroom leather (265) - Bladder blasting, coast-to-coast work machine.

Could be the turbo sucking oil ,this you would want to watch carefully if you buy it,rev the motor ,if the smoke gets denser at rpms youve got a leaking seal.This is one possible concern.Nothing like learnen while your tinkeren son.