[MBZ] Something Burnin? and Why I love my W126

[Marshall Booth]

BillR wrote:
> I'm by no means an expert, but I did discover a hot spot in my SD trunk.
> It's in the shop now to be rid of bad rust under the rear window, and will
> also have it checked for a missing heat shield over the muffler.  Several
> years ago I had a near trunk fire from some cleaning rags I left on the
> trunk floor.  Gets hotter than I would like. Yours does get better mileage
> than mine.  My highest has been 27+

His newer OM603.97 engine is about 15-20% more fuel efficient than your 
OM617.95 engine (all else being equal) and delivers considerably more 
torque to the wheels.

Marshall
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	  Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions)
       "der Dieseling Doktor" mbooth at pitt.edu
'87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi, '84 
190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired)