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Jeremy - 23 Sep 2004 18:21 GMT

Anyone got good or bad stories about the longevity/reliability of the
3.2 CDi engines? Been looking at the E-320 CDi W210 and am keen to hear
if there are any known problems with these engines?

cheers

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127.0.0.1 - 23 Sep 2004 19:13 GMT

>Anyone got good or bad stories about the longevity/reliability of the
>3.2 CDi engines? Been looking at the E-320 CDi W210 and am keen to hear
>if there are any known problems with these engines?
>
>cheers

In the US the cdi engine is only available in the w211 body

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Jeremy - 24 Sep 2004 08:59 GMT

> >Anyone got good or bad stories about the longevity/reliability of the
> >3.2 CDi engines? Been looking at the E-320 CDi W210 and am keen to hear
> >if there are any known problems with these engines?
> >
> >cheers
> In the US the cdi engine is only available in the w211 body

Yes, I was hoping that some of the UK-based contributors to this ng
might be able to comment - thanks

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Roland Franzius - 24 Sep 2004 11:45 GMT

> Anyone got good or bad stories about the longevity/reliability of the
> 3.2 CDi engines? Been looking at the E-320 CDi W210 and am keen to hear
> if there are any known problems with these engines?

MB just bought for its museum a 1971 /8 240 D taxi from Greece driven
more than 3 m miles (4.6 10^6 km ) with 4 engines.

http://www.bbv-net.de/public/article/nachrichten/journal/gesellschaft/62401

So after some 30 years we will know about the CDI's.

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Jeremy - 24 Sep 2004 16:53 GMT

> So after some 30 years we will know about the CDI's.

Yes thanks, wasn't planning on waiting *quite* that long though ;)

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Dori A Schmetterling - 25 Sep 2004 14:41 GMT

But note how he switched to Peugeot on cost grounds...

DAS

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> MB just bought for its museum a 1971 /8 240 D taxi from Greece driven more
> than 3 m miles (4.6 10^6 km ) with 4 engines.
>
> http://www.bbv-net.de/public/article/nachrichten/journal/gesellschaft/62401
>
> So after some 30 years we will know about the CDI's.

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Juergen . - 26 Sep 2004 02:45 GMT

> Anyone got good or bad stories about the longevity/reliability of the
> 3.2 CDi engines? Been looking at the E-320 CDi W210 and am keen to hear
> if there are any known problems with these engines?

Generally good reliability - all W210 E-Class CDI
engines are basically the same, 200 and 220 are
4-cyl, with 270 one cyl is added so it's 5 and with
320 one more is added so it's 6 cyl (exception is
E400 CDI which is V8).

Fuel efficiency is very good, in Germany most-sought
after is 270, good balance between cost and power
output, _secret tip_ is 220.

200.000+ km seem to be no problem, 300.000+ is
not uncommon and there's a number of taxis with
more than 500.000+ km.

Problems may be with the extensive electronics
in these cars so check all functions and have the
error code memory read out.

Beware of odometer fraud!!!

Get an accident-free one with FSH.

Juergen

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Jeremy - 26 Sep 2004 10:03 GMT

> > Anyone got good or bad stories about the longevity/reliability of the
> > 3.2 CDi engines? Been looking at the E-320 CDi W210 and am keen to hear
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> Get an accident-free one with FSH.

Thanks for the feedback!

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Dori A Schmetterling - 26 Sep 2004 11:01 GMT

Footnote: 2.2-litre diesel engines seem to be quite popular across several
brands of car in Europe.

DAS

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> Fuel efficiency is very good, in Germany most-sought
> after is 270, good balance between cost and power
> output, _secret tip_ is 220.

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