epowers777

Im picking up a rare 87 300d w124 and the guy is giving it to me for 450 bucks. It has been sitting for a few years in his yard. I states the turbo is bad but the castates. He said when you start it it smokes white. Im a good mechanic and if the turbo is bad I can rebuild or put a bigger turbo on!!
Some of you may remember me I sold my 300e and regret it! ! Im excite to get this one so any mods things to check anything give me a pm or add on here.
thanks guys

Hope ph2cho is still on here!!

This 300d has the online 6 3.o turbo diesel.

Goofaroo

I had a Peugeot 505S turbodiesel and it produced white smoke at start-up when the head gasket went bad. Once the engine warmed up the amount of smoke was greatly reduced. A new gasket cured it. I'm not familiar with the Mercedes diesel engine but the head gasket would be my guess.

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ErrrrgK,

It MAY be a head gasket problem
[It Might be a Head Problem,"Bannana" or "Cracked",I sure hope not!]

A compression test,in conjunction with a "Leak Down" test, will tell you all you need to diagnose.

Is the Coolant in the "Overflow" Tank Low?

Any water in the Lube oil ? "Milkshake" Look in the Oil Fill Cap + Dipstick.

How many miles and which head #.

GSXR has a Pictorial of his OM603 head R+R here:

http://www.w124performance.com/image...d_replacement/

http://www.w124performance.com/docs/...3_Head_FAQ.txt

http://www.w124performance.com/docs/...ompression.pdf