What year Benz? - Diesel Forum

Lobstah · 06-24-2004, 11:24 AM

Might not be the right place to ask this...so if not, sorry.

What years did Benz use IDI diesels in their cars?

I found a pretty good looking 98 300 that I might be interested in, but not sure if it's IDI or not.

Lob

mannytranny · 06-24-2004, 11:31 AM

Im not sure about your 98 model but I do know that the 83-85 cars were the best to run on SVO........

The Warden · 06-24-2004, 02:42 PM

Actually, al M-B diesels were IDI's until the introduction this year of the CDi diesel.

Personally, I would stick to an '85 or older diesel, though, as M-B's newer diesels have a tendency to warp cylinder heads if they are overheated at all...

Besides, I've heard that the W210 is not an economical car to operate [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]

Lobstah · 06-25-2004, 06:50 AM

This 98 had under 100K on it, and claims 35mpg...looked clean, too.

Dunno. I'm pulling my hair out with trying to keep up with the "fleet" now [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] Not sure I need another project just yet till I get caught up on other stuff.

Sure is tempting though [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Lob