Re: [diesel_mercedes] Modern Diesels

 

Yea well, my pal paid $50K for one with 22K miles. I could not afford the tax or the insurance so I think I will keep my 240's and the winter Subie  for now. Max

On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 5:58 AM, vwnate1@yahoo.com [diesel_mercedes] <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> wrote:




I have now seen a few Mercedes 'Sprinters' and they seem to go 300,000 + miles on one engine so they're prolly pretty good .

A buddy bought a battered old Sprinter and used it to haul Racing Motocycles and do chase duty on Moto events, it looked fairly rough (dents, peeling cheapo respray) but seemed to be very reliable .

I think I'll keep my W-123's .

-Nate
       Max   wrote :

Well they sure are quiet. Sure dont sound like a diesel engine. Max

    Bogy wrote:


For one thing, there is a computer between you and the engine. That changes the whole game. And one of the things they can do is change the injection timing. If they wait till farther toward top dead center than these om617s do then they can inject into hotter air. Plus they have a higher compression ratio to begin with. That computer is why they are quieter too. It's seems to be a lot to do with the injection timing. Just my $0.02.

Bogy.

 
"Hardware eventually fails. Software eventually works"                 - Michael Hartung

From: Max



Does anybody know how these new diesels start? My friend just bought a new Sprinter 4WD . He was here for a visit and in the morning it was like 2 degrees. He went out and turned the key and presto it started. No glo, no nothing, just like a gas car. How do they do this? If I had to start either one of my 240's like that, they would not. I can always get them started but it takes a while. Max










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