Possibly buying a '91 diesel tomorrow, what to look for?

[blusubaru]

I don't want to jinx it, so I'll report back with pictures this evening. So far, you're all off base. I wish it was a Merc.

[Mac1337]

What is the case for a Diesel these days?

[mjgkramer]

Find out how long the diesel fuel has been in the tank and how long since the engine has been run. If it has been there very long it can have black slime in the tank, fuel filter, injectors, and whatever. I had never heard about that until I bought a diesel pusher RV so am careful to keep the tank full between trips, to add stabilizer to the tank when filled, and to buy only from sources that have a high volume business to avoice slime from their storage tanks.

[olnacl]

Say it isn't so

[Jimmypoo]

wait a minute.... he works at a place that makes porn DVDs....


It's a diesel vibrator!!!! Oh GOD, it must be huge! Why can't you just get one that uses C batteries like everyone other couple?!?

[blusubaru]

We don't make porn!

[Jimmypoo]

I know you don't actually film it there.......

[Filliam H. Muffman]

[quote blusubaru]Yes, that's right, a '91. Now, before I tell you exactly WHAT it is, I'm just curious of what I should look for.
How can anybody say what to look for unless they have some sort of idea what it is and the kind of use it had? Olds V6 (garbage), Mercedes (usually good), Caterpillar D7 (pretty much bullet proof)... A big number of older diesels might have fuel pump and injector problems with ULSD.

[blusubaru]

Hmm... valid point. It's a bus.

[will2000]

It's a Subaru of course! What color?