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05 E55 AMG, E320 CDI, Turbo E46 M3,IS300 2JZGTE,VQ35 Turbo Maxima, Mercedes 300D

Thanks for sharing. It looks like your taste in cars and mine are very close. I was looking for a 2001-2005 Golf TDI manual (but 4 door) for the longest time but people were asking silly money for them. I like diesels and I prefer manual transmissions personally. My 1987 300D was the first auto I owned, the second being my E55. This 320 CDI came up and is fully loaded which seems to be rare for a CDI in North America. It came with Parktronic, Trunk closer, keyless go, cooled/heated seats, dynamic seats, rear visors … some of the stuff that I had to retrofit to my E55. So when it came along, the price was a little higher than I wanted to pay (but still a good deal overall I think) and so were the miles but I snapped it up. It is so much more car than the TDI although I think the TDI would be more fun to drive. I am also super impressed with the mileage. I managed to get 40.8 mpg average on a 300+ mile run and believe me I was not gentle on all of it and there was some traffic.

I have been fairly busy with this car, there were quite a few things wrong with the car in terms of stuff that did not work. I fixed the Keyless Go handles, and keyless go knob. Here is a link to the handles: https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...ml#post6695550

Parktronic didn’t work 4 sensors were not functioning properly - fixed, but be careful who you buy from on fleabay. I had bought some from China and they simply did not work at all.

Trunk closer wiring was all messed up. Someone had tried to resolder the wires and it was a complete hack. I fixed all that heat shrinking the wires properly. The insulation tape was all sticky and falling off.

Glow plug controller was replaced, although I will never need it for anything but passing emissions (getting rid of the CEL).

The fuel sender was leaking. I JB weld coated the sender inside and out and used Permatex ultra on the seals. It seems to have fixed the leak for now. I will be looking for reasonably priced senders on line but am thinking even if I replace it, it will probably leak after a few years so I think I may see how long the JB Weld coated sender holds up.

Side vents weren’t working properly - good old german plastics that break and the vents come apart.

I changed out the climate control controller for a nicer digital one with the rest function.

I have a tune now (not from Green Diesel Engineering). I found someone in Poland (of all places) that could give me a tune that gives 425 Lb-Ft Torque, 220-240 HP, disables EGR and swirl valves. For $100 + $10 programming cable from Ebay, the price is decent. I couldn’t quite justify the Green Diesel Engineering price of over $600 for a tune. I may take the plunge later, but this tune is pretty decent although maybe not quite as good as GDEs.

Right now I am contemplating whether or not to replace the injector seat washers as preventative measure to prevent “black death”. I can see clearly that injector 3 has had experienced it before (based on the fossilized remains of black death on the injector connector) and appears to have been fixed. I am thinking of replacing the rest, but hesitant due to the nightmare stories of people snapping off bolts and damaging injectors.

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