I've just purchased a 3 owner from new 1988 W124 300D Auto with 139,000 miles on the clock.
What kind of fuel consumption can I expect from this engine and does anybody have any specific tips for keeping these engines in fine fettle other than regular servicing and oil changes and lastly do they have any specific weaknesses?
I must admit to being quite surprised with it cruising abilities. I had expected it to be glacial in terms of acceleration in light of it being a non-turbo, but that's far from being the case. Naturally its slow off the mark as per most other diesels, but it gets upto 80 pretty sharpish and seems to have ample power reserves when you're sitting at those speeds.
The other thing that surprised me was that it smokes no where near as much as the E220 CDi I had some years ago.
So far then not too bad other than a hideous screeching noise (sounds like fan belt screech but more metallic) from the drivers side front wheel, which goes if you tap the brake pedal and then comes back as you release the pedal.....does not appear to have a stone trapped between pads and disk....could it be glazed pads/crap quality pads/wheel bearing, although there appears to be no play at the wheel if you try and rock it.
I have noticed that the car had its wheel bearings tightend 3000 miles ago, although this was 2 years ago....the elderly gent I purchased the car from didn't do much mileage. Saying that I jacked the car up yesteday and the wheel spins fairly freely so they do not appear to be over tightend.
Any thoughts or ideas....screeching does not occur until car has been used for 30 minutes or so and will go if you stop the car and let it cool down, which makes me think brakes.
Cheers
What kind of fuel consumption can I expect from this engine and does anybody have any specific tips for keeping these engines in fine fettle other than regular servicing and oil changes and lastly do they have any specific weaknesses?
I must admit to being quite surprised with it cruising abilities. I had expected it to be glacial in terms of acceleration in light of it being a non-turbo, but that's far from being the case. Naturally its slow off the mark as per most other diesels, but it gets upto 80 pretty sharpish and seems to have ample power reserves when you're sitting at those speeds.
The other thing that surprised me was that it smokes no where near as much as the E220 CDi I had some years ago.
So far then not too bad other than a hideous screeching noise (sounds like fan belt screech but more metallic) from the drivers side front wheel, which goes if you tap the brake pedal and then comes back as you release the pedal.....does not appear to have a stone trapped between pads and disk....could it be glazed pads/crap quality pads/wheel bearing, although there appears to be no play at the wheel if you try and rock it.
I have noticed that the car had its wheel bearings tightend 3000 miles ago, although this was 2 years ago....the elderly gent I purchased the car from didn't do much mileage. Saying that I jacked the car up yesteday and the wheel spins fairly freely so they do not appear to be over tightend.
Any thoughts or ideas....screeching does not occur until car has been used for 30 minutes or so and will go if you stop the car and let it cool down, which makes me think brakes.
Cheers
