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Old 05-10-2008, 08:38 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Date registered: May 2005
Vehicle: 88-300CE TWIN TURBO, 99-C43, 03-G55, 71-280SL
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Originally Posted by neanderthal View Post
some of you are posting doo doo.

the knock sensors are only available on the M104 engined 124s. the M103 engined ones do not have knock sensors.

if they detect pinging they pull the timing. so your whole the fuel burned my cat tripe is just that, tripe.


as stated already, the cats will get fried if you use leaded fuel.
if your cats are gone with unleaded then you have another unresolved problem that changing fuel octane might hide, but not eliminate.
Believe the OP vehicle is an E320, making it an M104-24V.

Unburned hydrocarbons can and will damage a converter as they will elevate the temp in the converter possibly causing a melt down....
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