W126, BENZ AID - COMMON QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Excessive Oil Consumption 1981 300D

This is my third Merecedes, the first 2 had 200K+ at time of purchase and i ran the cars until the body was literally falling off on one and the suspension fell apart on the other. Both still had sound engines but everything else was worn out. My latest purchase has 162K miles, everything appears clean inside and out, body good shape, feels solid going down the road, etc. One problem : uses a quart of oil every 200 miles when going at interstate speeds. Considering the others engines had so many miles and still ran well i have a hard time giving up on this one.

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1984 300D Diesel Purge

Hi all at Mersedessource and Happy Holidays to you. I just received the diesel purge you sent me just in time for Christmas and I am dying to try it. I only have one question. Kent's instructions are very explicit but being retired from the training and education field people sometimes interpret differently no matter how precise the instructions. That said, my question is this. It appears that I will be feeding and returning the cleaner from the same bottle.

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1977 280E Firing Miss/Fast Idle When Hot

My 1977 280E seems to have a miss in it when it's hot. It's got new gas, new plugs and plug wires. Has Electronic Ignition. Fires up pretty easily but idles fast until it's put into gear, emmits a lot of smelly smoke (white/grey). Engine seems to stumble more when it's accelerated. Car sat for a 2 years before I got it. Could this be something with the vacuum system? Is there something that controls the idle speed as engine warms up and the engine timing that might have a leak or rotted off?

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1983 300SD brake light-cruise control interface

The plate that holds the tail light bulb sockets has one empty hole which lines up with a red lens cover on the tail light lens. I want to add a brake light socket and bulb in that opening to increase brake visability, which is not the brightest on the older MB. But, I read somewhere that if you do not use the proper brakelight bulbs, it will mess up the cruise control, and if I add two bulbs, will it mess it up.

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