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BenzDieselTuner
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The Running Begins!
add ur own Models!
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BenzDieselTuner
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the green machine will run 4ever
ill put some pics of her up here, and diesel motor pics thread....
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BenzDieselTuner
Date registered: Dec 1899
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The "GREEN MACHINE" as she is affectionately called......
One of the most reliable cars ever built.......body rusts away and falls to nothing, but the motor never stops, EVER!
1991 Opel Kadett 1,7l Diesel, 5 speed, Kombi Coupe........
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BenzDieselTuner
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BenzDieselTuner
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oh, and in case anyone wonders about the MB Truck standing there, in der lieferhalle, its like a 2000-isch Actros series........ |
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BenzDieselTuner
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the opel has been driven straight though and back over 2 days, to sicily and back from germany, with drivers, one of us sleeping on the loading zone.......
6000km round trip, no probs, and over 900tkm.......
wonder if they have an OPEL museum program.........
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Dieselburns
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Date registered: May 2006
Location: New York, Long Island
Vehicle(s): 78' MB 300D 87 Chief Cherokee
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Well I see you realy love that "Green Machine". Though I believe the best diesels are any car with non turbo diesel engine.  |
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BenzDieselTuner
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yes, in the ultra long run, they tend to do better, so i hear........ |
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jdc1244
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: POLL : Whats EXACTLY the Best Diesel ?
This is ‘exactly’ the best diesel: the 86/87 Mercedes-Benz 300 SDL 126 chassis sedan with the OM603 inline 6 cylinder 3.0 L turbodiesel.
Edited by jdc1244 5/14/2006 11:55 AM
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BenzDieselTuner
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so, u gonna add it to the running then? on the votes thing? |
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jdc1244
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Done.
It hurts me to say it b/c I love the 617, it’s the better engine from a purely DIY standpoint, but the 603 is just as reliable but stronger and smoother.
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TheDon
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jdc1244 - 5/14/2006 1:15 PM
Done.
It hurts me to say it b/c I love the 617, it’s the better engine from a purely DIY standpoint, but the 603 is just as reliable but stronger and smoother.
i feel like an idiot because i did not buy a 60s powered SDL that was cherry all around.. just because of the headlights.. i liked the round ones better but after driving a 420SEL i fell in love with the w126 chasis. my next benz is going to be a om603 w126 300SDL |
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jdc1244
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That’s a great choice. Remember they were produced only in 86 and 87 so good examples are becoming harder to find. |
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BenzDieselTuner
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yep, that car would be the true land-motoryacht..................
i'd like to have one............. |
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Boneheaddoctor
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Date registered: Jun 2006
Location: Hells half acre (Northern VA)
Vehicle(s): '79 300SD, '83 300D, '75 Harley-Davidson Chopper
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I love the W116..its feel and ride are incredible....if only it wasn't plagued with the Dreaded ACC and a propensity to rust.
Luckily mine was a desert car and remains rust free to this day. |
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BenzDieselTuner
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u are lucky then! |
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KylePavao
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I'll leave the 603's alone. Aluminum head on an engine with a 20:1 compression ratio...what about reliability? Aluminum heads mated with a block of a different metal are inherently going to have more problems than an all cast iron engine. The ways each metal disperse heat, expand and contract. I haven't heard of many head gasket problems on the 616's or 617's... Call the manuall adjusted valves old, stupid technology, but the valvetrain in my 376,000 miles 240D didn't tick or anything, and thats with an original head and valvetrain. I love the 603's, don't get more wrong, a very refined diesel engine. But in my opinion, they are in no way as rugged or as robust as the 617's and 616's that preceded them. I also believe that you can't run an 603 with the battery dead, or with the who electrical system shorted out, because of computer controls I believe. If we want to get into the nitty gritty, an engine that is solely mechanically controlled is inherently more reliable than one that isn't. |
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