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My engine is 2,0 litre with automatic transmission and it works at about 3800 to 4000 rpm at speed 120-140 km/h. I think that is to high. Can anybody please advise what it should be the amount of rpm at that speed???
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hey petrov, since your car has exactly the same kind of engine and gear box. i think that your rpm is fine as mine does the same at that speed. a manual is has lower rpm at that speed.
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Just for some laughs, my car (2.2 diesel) is around 3000 to 3500 RPM at 65Mph. It freaks you out the first time you go on the highway with it you think something's wrong.
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hey nate, try 5000 rpm at 90 mph, he he. By the way, max speed in 190 D 2.2l is about 108 mph
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REALLY?!?! I would have been happy if its max speed is 85, seriously. I don't think I want to push it that hard. Isn't it tough on the engine to do that? I always think when I'm on the highway that the transmission needs just one more gear.
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dear nate and piotr,<br> i think that his car is a gasoline version. it should be all right to push it once in a while.
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dear nate and piotr,<br> i think that his car is a gasoline version. it should be all right to push it once in a while.
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You are right, Dave. But I just thought that the comparison was funny. Nate, just remember that the car was designed in a country where the left lane of Autobahn has no speed limit. I felt like you the first 6 month, but then I realized that it's normal, and now I'm cruising to work at about 80 mph. And one more thing-diesels have no rpm limits (you don't have that red lineon a tach, right?)
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I knew he had a gas model, I figured that since he was talking about RPM/speed I figured I'd throw in how funny mine is.<br> <br> So Piotr, is't not bad for the engine to push it that hard? When I started driving I always wanted to haul ass as fast as I could and my dad always told me that 'it's hard on the engine to run it that hard' I figured it'd carry over to a diesel. I am almost scared to push the engine like that though. I dunno, any warnings that you have for doing that?
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a 190 is a good car and do you know that it was actually built for speed then made as a conservative car. my friend has a c-class. i loaned my 190e 2.0 for a day to him . within a week he got rid of his C200 and got himself a 190e 2.0 sportline. when i asked him why he said that he got addicted to a 190e.(no offence for those c-class owners). i think that we should be lucky for the fact that we are proud owners of 190s (diesel or petrol models)as the 190series is known as the car that never grows old. thanks for you poliite answer.
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a 190 is a good car and do you know that it was actually built for speed then made as a conservative car. my friend has a c-class. i loaned my 190e 2.0 for a day to him . within a week he got rid of his C200 and got himself a 190e 2.0 sportline. when i asked him why he said that he got addicted to a 190e.(no offence for those c-class owners). i think that we should be lucky for the fact that we are proud owners of 190s (diesel or petrol models)as the 190series is known as the car that never grows old. thanks for you poliite answer.
a 190 is a good car and do you know that it was actually built for speed then made as a conservative car. my friend has a c-class. i loaned my 190e 2.0 for a day to him . within a week he got rid of his C200 and got himself a 190e 2.0 sportline. when i asked him why he said that he got addicted to a 190e.(no offence for those c-class owners). i think that we should be lucky for the fact that we are proud owners of 190s (diesel or petrol models)as the 190series is known as the car that never grows old. thanks for you poliite answer.
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a 190 can be pushed once in a while. it can go up to 170km/j(max) without any major probelms as you are not pushing it up to 16 valve speeds. i was on a highway once and there was a audi hogging me. i was at 120km/h at that time. i pushed it up to 200 (although it's max is 190 km/h for an auto)for 15 seconds then i went back to 120km/h. i didn't have any probelms after doing that. but i think if i drive at 200km/h the whole way, then i think that i would have burnt the engine. <br> <br> my car is a gasoline model so i have the red area on the rpm meter. i think the diesels can win at the rpm sector.
a 190 can be pushed once in a while. it can go up to 170km/j(max) without any major probelms as you are not pushing it up to 16 valve speeds. i was on a highway once and there was a audi hogging me. i was at 120km/h at that time. i pushed it up to 200 (although it's max is 190 km/h for an auto)for 15 seconds then i went back to 120km/h. i didn't have any probelms after doing that. but i think if i drive at 200km/h the whole way, then i think that i would have burnt the engine. <br> <br> my car is a gasoline model so i have the red area on the rpm meter. i think the diesels can win at the rpm sector.
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It's simple - you do not have an ignition source in the cylinder (the spark). The mix explodes due to the compression of it (physics - increase in pressure=increase in temp, and eventually an ignition of the mix). When you max out the diesel, it will just go as fast as it can and no more (i.e. no 'engine blow out'). If the engine is in good shape and has fresh oil, you just have to watch out for the engine temp. If it starts to warm up, just slow down a little. Actually, the european and Japanese engines like to be overrevvd sometimes. Opposite to big, low RPM American engines.
It's simple - you do not have an ignition source in the cylinder (the spark). The mix explodes due to the compression of it (physics - increase in pressure=increase in temp, and eventually an ignition of the mix). When you max out the diesel, it will just go as fast as it can and no more (i.e. no 'engine blow out'). If the engine is in good shape and has fresh oil, you just have to watch out for the engine temp. If it starts to warm up, just slow down a little. Actually, the european and Japanese engines like to be overrevvd sometimes. Opposite to big, low RPM American engines.
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Well I have half of the time left on my oil change. I will have to try to get her up around 90mph sometime. I don't think I'll go all the way up.
Well I have half of the time left on my oil change. I will have to try to get her up around 90mph sometime. I don't think I'll go all the way up.
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Good luck, make sure no cops are around, otherwise you will have that excuse from 'Smokey and the Bandit' movie, you know: ' Gee, I did not know that diesel can go that fast...' ;-)<br>
Good luck, make sure no cops are around, otherwise you will have that excuse from 'Smokey and the Bandit' movie, you know: ' Gee, I did not know that diesel can go that fast...' ;-)<br>
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hahaha. I have a road here that is in what I call the Boonies. Nice big hill, no cops around, no houses on the hill. I test out top speeds on that hill all the time.
hahaha. I have a road here that is in what I call the Boonies. Nice big hill, no cops around, no houses on the hill. I test out top speeds on that hill all the time.
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