S80
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Not having owned a single diesel-engined car in the last 30 years or so, I've been looking at the pros and cons of a modern 'oilburner'.
One thing that strikes me though - judging by the frequent posts on this site - is the number of problems occurring with relatively recent Mercedes diesel engines :neutral:
'Black death', injectors seizing or leaking, air ingress, glow plug woes - to name but a few.
Considering that Daimler-Benz have had diesel engines since the dawn of the automotive age, what's gone wrong? Did they farm the design out to some work experience types? Have other manufacturers suffered similar maladies, and it is a consequence of ever more highly-stressed designs, keen to wring the last mpg out of the engine?
One thing that strikes me though - judging by the frequent posts on this site - is the number of problems occurring with relatively recent Mercedes diesel engines :neutral:
'Black death', injectors seizing or leaking, air ingress, glow plug woes - to name but a few.
Considering that Daimler-Benz have had diesel engines since the dawn of the automotive age, what's gone wrong? Did they farm the design out to some work experience types? Have other manufacturers suffered similar maladies, and it is a consequence of ever more highly-stressed designs, keen to wring the last mpg out of the engine?