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300D Mileage

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D&LBusch - 04 Apr 2008 09:55 GMT
I'm considering buying a 300D. What kind of mileage can I expect?
Thanks.  David
Gogarty - 04 Apr 2008 13:46 GMT
>I'm considering buying a 300D. What kind of mileage can I expect?
>Thanks.  David

20-22 city, 30-32 road.
-->> T.G. Lambach <<-- - 04 Apr 2008 17:11 GMT
300D turbodiesel should deliver 24 in commute, 28 on road, if driven sanely.
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JD - 04 Apr 2008 19:18 GMT
> 300D turbodiesel should deliver 24 in commute, 28 on road, if driven
> sanely.

By those numbers I have no reason to complain; I average 26 in typical real
estate driving and 30 on a highway trip. I've heard that 30/35 is more the
norm.

JD
Tom Plunket - 16 Apr 2008 07:42 GMT
> > 300D turbodiesel should deliver 24 in commute, 28 on road, if driven
> > sanely.
>
> By those numbers I have no reason to complain; I average 26 in typical real
> estate driving and 30 on a highway trip. I've heard that 30/35 is more the
> norm.

I'm always amazed when I hear people saying 35mpg.  My '79 300TD
non-turbo gets 21mpg or so on non-highway driving with petrodiesel, and
19ish on veggie oil.  The '85 300D turbo is more like 25 though.

-tom!

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trader4@optonline.net - 16 Apr 2008 14:15 GMT
> > > 300D turbodiesel should deliver 24 in commute, 28 on road, if driven
> > > sanely.
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I routinely got 26mpg with my 1980 300SD on long highway trips at 70.
I used to make trips up to Boston, and remember that with the tank
capacity of 21 gallons, there was just enough for a complete
roundtrip, though I never did it, because I would run additional miles
while in Boston.  Around town here, which still doesn't have too many
lights or traffic backups, it was a little less, probably because the
lower speeds traded off with the occasional stops.

In the last six months, it dropped to about 21-22.  I'm planning on
replacing the injectors this Spring to see if that is the cause.
Gogarty - 16 Apr 2008 22:39 GMT
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>> > > 300D turbodiesel should deliver 24 in commute, 28 on road, if driven
>> > > sanely.
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>In the last six months, it dropped to about 21-22.  I'm planning on
>replacing the injectors this Spring to see if that is the cause.

Check the fuel priming pump. I was suddenly getting worse than normal mileage
on my '81 300SD. That pump was leaking hardly enough to be visible but enough
to knock a few miles off the mileage. Fixed it then did a round trip from NY
to FL and got 30+ mpg. Doing 20-22 around town now.
trader4@optonline.net - 17 Apr 2008 00:08 GMT
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> <5b387fb5-af36-4175-afce-d4eb0c32f...@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
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Thanks for the tip, but been there, done that.  :)

In addition to the lower mileage, last Fall I started to have harder
starting and rough idling problems.   In the process of changing the
fuel filters, after using the priming pump, that developed a leak, so
I replaced it.

The fuel filter problem was the strangest thing I've seen.   The only
symptoms were harder than normal starting and then rough idling.   It
got to the point that it was shaking and almost stalling when stopped
at a light, yet would do 70 down the highway with no problems.    I
can only guess that somehow with a clogged filter the fuel pump at
ideal may not have been capable of delivering fuel, but at higher RPM
it could?    I could also rule out the leaking primer pump as the
cause, because it wasn't leaking that badly so I was able to drive it
with the new filters with the old primer pump and the idle problem was
totally gone.

Anyway, pretty sure now there are no fuel leaks.   No spots on the
garage floor, no diesel smell.  Also, the usual suspect fuel line
return hoses are not leaking either.

I was going to take a look at an area in the driveway during the next
light rain with the car running too, just as a final check.   But, I'm
probably going to replace the injectors, as that would seem to be the
next logical step.  The car has 125K with the originals.
Screen Ranger - 19 Apr 2008 09:07 GMT
>> > 300D turbodiesel should deliver 24 in commute, 28 on road, if
>> > driven
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>
> I'm always amazed when I hear people saying 35mpg.  My '79 300TD

I got 37mpg on my C280, with doubled horse power.  I can beat e420 or
higher easily.  No kidding.
theref - 04 Apr 2008 23:33 GMT
Need to know what year you are considering.  "300D" covers a lot of
years.....
> I'm considering buying a 300D. What kind of mileage can I expect?
> Thanks.  David
 
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