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So got the car (finally) I think it was sitting for the last 12-18 months, The last service was at 207K miles on 1/23/18. I picked it up yesterday with 4K more miles on it since then (211K) the previous owner averaged around 7.5K miles a year.
So the interior is an awesome shape.
The exterior is a a bit dirty and it needs cleaned up but overall looks good and think once it's properly washed/waxed will look great.
No rust underneath that I can see.
Suspension is *TIGHT* including the steering. I am actually very impressed with how solid the suspension is for a 28 year old car. It's tighter then my 03 TDI jetta.
It fired right up and I drove it 60 miles home.
The only thing is I checked the oil (of course) before I took off. It was black as black can be. and just over the bottom of the good range.
I got it home and now i'm right on the bottom of the good range, maybe just a little below. So I definitely used a tiny bit of oil on the drive home. No drips that I can see. I know with my TDI that when the oil needs changed it starts to get used ever so slowly. So I think that's the case here.
I would like to just put some oil in it until i do a change later this week. I do not want to drive a car with low oil level... I have no idea what viscosity was put in it, the only record I have in the mainteance book was from 120K miles where they put in 15w-40 pennzoil (written by the MB dealership).
So if I just want to add a quart to this beast to drive it a dozen miles or so to get to inspection and mechanic for fluid changes what should I put in ?
Secondly the car barely accelerated when I first rolled out. All four tires were low on pressure which didn't help. I went down the block and put air in the tires and some fresh diesel. (tires were all at 15psi) I mean it was semi dangerous to pull out in traffic.
Once the tires were pumped up, fresh fuel added. As I drove it it seemed to get a bit better acceleration wise, but still a pig. I was able to drive over a pretty steep appalachian mountian and go at 65mph on the highway without issue. If it took a little bit longer to get there.
I think the fuel filter is plugged up, the clear plastic inline fuel filter is BLACK So those are getting changed.
Anyhoo once I get it cleaned up I'll post up some pictures.
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