the Mercedes Benz One Million Miles Diesel engine!
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Dude you're 100% right. Am from Jerusalem and lived in Jordan for 10 years before coming to America, l approve this message
This was a fascinating talk about how these cars were used so people could be successful and raise their families. Loved hearing about it and love your channel.
Pierre points to something very telling here about American owners of these classic Benzes: we buy them because we like them, not because we depend on them for our livelihoods. Thus, we tend to rack up way fewer miles than the same car that lives somewhere in the Middle East or Africa. We baby them, we don't drive them that much, and when something like the A/C breaks, many of us complain about it and see it as a "broken" car, whereas on the opposite side of the world, most people wouldn't even care and would keep driving it while only doing basic maintenance as needed. For most American Mercedes-Benz owners, these cars are luxury cars (even the classics)... which again points to our general unwillingness to sit in the same car for a million miles. Racking up that many miles takes a lot of effort and time, and most of us would rather split up the journey by driving several different cars.
Also, I always thought Pierre was Persian like me because of his last name. Guess I was wrong!
My only reason for not currently sitting in the 108 my Dad owned some years ago is that I was too young to do anything about it. I still miss that car
Just spent $15,000 on rebuilding the engine on my W116. Had the oil changed and the person doing the work stripped the oil filter housing. 150,000 miles on the clock. 😱
I drive an automatic W202 C250D OM605.910 with just over 420 000 km's on the clock. Although the engine is still going strong, I recently swapped out my 722.427 for a 722.4xx from a W124 300E because my reverse packed up. I get a constant of 10km/L whether open road diving or inner city driving. Every time I visit the parts store for my service kit they ask why I've been so scarce.🙂
I have seen w115 w,123, w124 taxis with over 500,000 miles. Maintenace is key, from day one.
Learn something new every time.
I drive my 300d for 365days is Scotland... Well maybe 350 days as a few days reserved for the service, maintenance and minor repairs...
Love your videos.. awesome content keep up the good work Guys.
I love my Older Mercedes 😅 I have a "newer vehicle " however I daily my w126 to an from work.
It's to bad we didn't get the 300sd in South Africa or the 0m617 turbo diesel engine.
So I made my one as close to the 300sd as I could.
I wish i could find a true 300sd motor here to play with.
My current motor is out of My w123 300D that was a first car rusted away and when my w126 280se ate a bearing.. I basically reringed my 0m617 stuck it in the w126 body and crossed my fingers.. and it was brilliant not fast but economical on fuel and went well.. drove it like that for 2 years before I turbocharged it with a low boost setup.. it doesn't help much with speed but does help a bit going up hills and sounds good 😂.
That motor must have at least 400000km or more on it.. when I opened it the bearings had no scuffing or signs of wear.. still going strong today but have a major rear seal leak that needs sorting but will get there soon.
I have three W124's. One with 160K, one with 250k and the last one with 550K, they are awesome cars that I enjoy working and maintaining.
Keep it simple, Pierre. Less bells and whistles results in a longer lasting product? I was very disappointed when my 2003 Corolla CE gave up after 489k km. Manual windows and gearbox confounded my kid's friends too.
489k from a corolla is petty good. I don't think the new MB cars will last that long.
@@vintage76vipergreenBeetle That's barely over 300K miles, but still quite respectable.
@@averyalexander2303 I meant over 500,000 miles.
@@vintage76vipergreenBeetle sounds like a good deal to me. No, the new ones will never last that long IMO.
For the record, I have a 1985 300 CD with "only" 254,000 miles with complete service history from brand new. The engine went to 248,000 miles before corrosion on the cylinder block created a coolant leak. The engine was removed and then rebuilt by Metric Motors who said that the block deck needed to be machined to stop the leak and the injection pump and cylinder bores showed a lot of wear. The compression was also low in the middle cylinder. 3000 miles after rebuilding the engine the cylinder head had to be removed to replace a bad head gasket (genuine Mercedes part). The car is back on the road. Still needs work on the climate control system, and the front suspension is clunking again after being completely rebuilt with Mercedes parts where ever I could get them. Some suspension parts are NLA from Mercedes. So far this car has been a WHOLE lot of work and not much to show for the fabled Mercedes W123 reliability! Hopefully I can get it together this spring and keep it rolling for another 250k.
which other suspension brands did you use then? I'm looking to get my W116 done next year.
Lemforder upper ball joint and Febi Bilstein for the lower ball joint. Mercedes for guide rod, antiroll bushings, control arm bushings.
@@charlesrockwell3923 ok thx. Did you notice if Lemforder items were made in China?
yes the om 615 616 617 601 602 603 wil last for ever just change the the oil.
Gasoline engines, all in all, are far more durable than diesel engines. Fight me.
...how so?
@@DieselPurge Gasoline engines don’t need such high compression. Their emissions systems are far simpler and cheaper. Power is similar. Diesel gets better fuel mileage, in extreme towing. But that’s about it.
@@777jones Classic Diesels like the W/123/W124/W126 had relatively few emissions systems. Ditto with 70’s-90’s Isuzu Turbo Diesels and Analogue Peugeot Turbo Diesels. Here in South Carolina where I live now, there’s no vehicle inspections/emissions laws. I run some of my Mercedes and Isuzu Diesels on waste vegetable oil with no emissions filters and they work fine. Same thing for my home country, Albania, where half of the cars on the road are classic Mercedes Diesels, many of which have several hundred thousand miles on the original engine. I think many Americans have negative opinions of passenger car Diesels because of things like the 80’s/90’s Volkswagen Diesels that would blow head gaskets and break timing belts. Classic Mercedes Diesels like the OM617 were overbuilt on purpose, and could withstand a lot of abuse. The OM617 was like the Volvo Red Block of Diesel engines.
Planning on daily driving my w126 once it’s had its maintenance and nag items fixed. I like how a om617 runs!
I believe the Real Take Away of this Video is that Mercedes specifically and autos in general have to be maintained and eventually parts repaired and/or replaced as millage and time dictate and that's when You must Decide is that Worth it to me?
My W202 C220 just clocked 500,000 and running strong with a replacement of a mass air flow sensor. My parents bought it in 1995 in Portland, Or. At the MB dealer downtown and hope to keep it the rest of my life to hit 1 Million. Keep in mind it has had work done to it but well worth the investment. It was in the basement all by itself at the dealer and was the most affordable Benz at the time if not ever... 28K - zero miles.
I also own a 83 W126 SD300 that has over 750,000. She is a charm and all the work has been done to it to make it drive like new. Here's to 1.5mil!
What about chassis rust etc? Would they need to be repaired like subframes?
Depends where you live.. particularly if there's no road salt, and possibly infrequent rain or little humidity.
Average miles , usually was 350k before needed rebuild . The early 220d s did not last more then 150k due to soft blocks , the fix was to use steel sleeves .
I own both a 300TD and a Volvo 240 wagon and they are both great and reliable cars but I will say the Volvo always needs way less then the Benz.
At 18 years of age my w124 260E, odometer stopped working at 690k km
MB OM FTW.
the problem with the old diesel engines is the cost of new pistons. 200 each is a rip off
Then don't drive one. 'Guess they're not for you.....
@@beauhatman4395 drove one for 10 years and have an extra om617 so how about you stop being rude.
@narcissistinjurygiver2932 not being rude. Just replying to your statement. If you think something is a rip off, don't buy it. Or, maybe produce it yourself and charge what YOU think is a fair price.
This is a rip off, that's a rip off...welcome to the real world, bud. Maybe some things are just out of your reach. Ever think about that? Oh yeah, and in the real world, just because someone disagrees with you, doesn't mean they're rude. Sorry pal, but you don't make the rules.....
@@beauhatman4395 dude. you are rude and now your response is idiotic
Yeah, ok....
1,000,000 miles? Might as well be a million light years for me. My odometer had been acting up on my 83 300cd recently, and fixed it to comply with whatever regulations; but I drive it so infrequently that it begs the question whether I need an odometer, especially in winter. The engine might hit a million in about 180 years but by then the rest of the car will have been mummified with all the cosmetic surgery and preservatives.
0.55 A W115 turbo diesel? That's a new one on me.
My daily driver has a OM602 with nearly 400,000 miles on it. One head rebuild.