I admit they're a bit rough, much smoother if balanced.

In my professional experience, which equals 20+ years working on foreign
cars, I have never seen a 300D or 300TD engine fail prematurely without help
from an idiot owner or mechanic.

Just my experience.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Andrew Grebneff
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 11:15 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Mercedes 5cyl 300TD in vanagon?

>Not a marvellous engine??

rough, raucous...

>Perhaps you're right, they do wear out after 350,000 miles...

Ha! Thay can last far less than this, even when well-maintained.

>But I agree that it's too heavy for a Vanagon.

That too. I'd love a T3 with a 3.0 Toyota turbodiesel but way too
heavy, as well as expensive.
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Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut