Hi
I'ts one of those posts, i'm afraid. the guy who's about to buy a car but wants to check something.

I have my eye on a 500 SEL 1983 but weirdly, it seems to have a diesel engine.

According to the Wiki page of the W126, there was no diesel engine for the 500 SEL, at least not in the graph where it lists all the variants.

The car is quite some distance from where i live and it's lockdown here so i wanted to know from members what could/should the diesel engine be in that 1983 model.

From the picture (poor quality) it looks like a five in line diesel engine popular with the 240D model. I'm wondering whether the owner dropped it in.

Also, if anyone can tell me what the difference is between a 500SEL and a 300 SEL i would be terribly grateful.

thanks for your patience


MJ in Morocco