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Originally Posted by tennmb  The previous 1.8 was a big let down. It looked like it had a bicycle chain in the engine. And we had problems. Mercedes thinks you can go 12,000 miles without changing oil in a 4 banger? get a clue. We had engine problems to say the least.
Beef up the chain, and move oil changes to every 5k and you are probably all right. The power at the time was better than the wimpy 240. The old 2.3 was a durable, tough engine. however, the supercharger was very loud.
Mercedes, if anyone is listening. 4 cyl. turbo diesel, please. |
Oil changes wern't the problem. The valve springs wern't strong enough and had to be replaced, or the supercharger bypass cracked. Then there was the alternators that would fail causing the engine to run rough at idle with a load on it.
4 cylinder diesel engine with 50 mpg would do just fine