merc A series diesel

[Oilchange]

Friend of the family recently got one of these and initially I thought she'd bought into a top line little car. Right up to when she started the engine which sounded like the most unrefined cement mixer I'd ever heard. Is there likely to be problem with her car or do all a-class merc diesels sound like this? It was so clatteringly aweful I think even she was rather embarrassed by it.

[MJK 24]

Has it got enough/any oil in it?!

[Meths]

MJK 24 said:

Has it got enough/any oil in it?!

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[Bellatrix]

Oilchange said:

Friend of the family recently got one of these and initially I thought she'd bought into a top line little car. Right up to when she started the engine which sounded like the most unrefined cement mixer I'd ever heard. Is there likely to be problem with her car or do all a-class merc diesels sound like this? It was so clatteringly aweful I think even she was rather embarrassed by it.

The engines are embarrassingly loud and unrefined , they are economical though . I had one for two years and nothing mechanical went wrong with it even after I filled it with petrol and it conked out two miles later . Fuel tank drained , fresh diesel and fuel filter , bit of Forte diesel treatment and it was good to go . The seats aren't great after half an hour and the suspension is awful with no comfort or decent traction , they are remarkably spacious but the quality of the interior is poor .

[tbc]

is it 3 cylinder or 4?

a few people in my street have 3 cal VW Fox / c1/ 107and other small stboxes

i thought it was the bin lorry a few times

[Miglia 888]

The old 1.7 CDI W168 A class (OM668) diesel engines are all like that - horribly clattery at idle, as rough as a bag of old nails, and they hate to rev even for a diesel.

They make an old Ford CVH engine (or a cement mixer...) sound & feel nice in comparison.