[diesel_mercedes] It's TURBO TIME !

 


Overhaul , that is =8-) .

Last night on my way home from work I stopped at a traffic light and as I waited , a Gardener's pickup pulled up next to me , as I glanced at the battered old thing a cloud of blue smoke drifted forward past my elbow out the window ~ I said to the gardener " I suppose that's _my_ smoke ? " .

He replied " Si , Senor , oil smoke , your engine is shot " .

Sigh .

I'm hoping it's mostly turbo seals oil getting past and burned .

-Nate

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[diesel_mercedes] Turbo Overhaul

 


What did you do to loosen or remove the stuck bolts ? .

TIA ,

-Nate
Rob wrote :
>
> I'm going for the Mercedesource kit too. It doesn't seem hard at all
> now, as I have the parts car turbo apart, and ready to be rebuilt. The
> impellers look fine. The hardest part was getting the bolts out of the
> exhaust side of the turbo, as two were stuck.
>
> Rob
> Garden Grove, CA
> =
>
>
>
> On 6/26/13 3:54 AM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> > Re: Turbo Overhaul
> > Posted by: "Nate"vwnate1@... vwnate1
> > Date: Tue Jun 25, 2013 5:03 am ((PDT))
> >
> >
> > Thanx for the links Rob ;
> >
> > This has been rattling around in the back of my alleged brains since you posted it , as you know , I'm far too lazy & cheap so I like to fix things_once_ and as best as possible .
> >
> > Looking at Ken's Mercedesource sales video makes me think in the long run I'm prolly better off doing this my own self : the upgraded thrust plate thing really makes sense and he says if you can replace an OM617 water pump , you can do this so I think I will , in the end even with buying the new impeller shaft , it'll be cheaper than an exchange turbo charger and who knows if the turbo rebuilder actually uses this up graded part plus a brandy new impeller on their rebuilt turbos ? you'll never know no matter what they say unless you take it apart .
> >
> > Plus , I see Ken says to only take the front 1/2 of the turbo off the car , this makes it easier yet , all reasons to tackle this on a DIY Basis @ Home donch'a think ? .
> >
> > I'll have to work it into my full schedule but I hope to corral Tom (my brother) and try this this Summer .
> >
> > -Nate
>

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: Here we go again....... Fuel Fungus

 


Oddly enough ;

After all the terrible fungus issues this car has had (remember me lurching to a halt in front of a Korean Church on Sunday morning ?) ,
I've continued dosing it regularly , every fillup .

I bet I'm not putting in enough ~ in a moment I'll go dose it again , I have 1/2 tank of fuel now .

As Tom will attest , it matters not what I'm driving nor where ~ i can be in TEXAS in my old Chevy pickup and feel the fuel filter clogging up as we drive & have to pull over and change it .

-Nate
Rob wrote :
>
> Nate,
>
> Fungus again? We don't know how you do it.
> Maybe you should use Startron on a regular basis.
>
> Rob
> Garden Grove, CA
> =
> On 6/26/13 3:54 AM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> > Here we go again....... Fuel Fungus
> > Posted by: "Nate"vwnate1@... vwnate1
> > Date: Tue Jun 25, 2013 4:55 am ((PDT))
> >
> >
> > I've been noticing sluggish off idle performance and yesterday afternoon as I was doing a routine hot oil & filter change I looked at my clear primary fuel filter and noticed the screen was dead black ~
> >
> > Tapping it with a hard plastic screwdriver handle revealed tiny (and some no so tiny) chunks of coal looking stuff flaking off the screen so I remove it and capped both ends , shook and tapped the bejeebers out of it , this shakes the collected fungus residue break loose , once you see the fuel in it turning black , stop and hold it up right , in a few moments (about 60 seconds) the chunks will slowly settle and drift down into the inlet nipple , then you tap it a bunch more and more chinks will come loose , repeat until either you're tired & frustrated or the chunks stop falling off the screen , in the end I blew it out back wards then filled it up with Ether (starting fluid) , tapped it a few more times then blew it out again , not as clean as I'd like but I have a limited amount of ability with the pain and all .
> >
> > Upon re - installation and re filling the sump with fresh multi grade oil , the engine started and idled smoother and has noticeably better off idle response and throttle response .
> >
> > This is why I use and recommend the_clear_ primary intake fuel screen filters ~ you can_SEE_ what's going on at a glance & take action before you're suffering serious problems .
> >
> >
> > -Nate
>

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Turbo Overhaul

 

I'm going for the Mercedesource kit too. It doesn't seem hard at all
now, as I have the parts car turbo apart, and ready to be rebuilt. The
impellers look fine. The hardest part was getting the bolts out of the
exhaust side of the turbo, as two were stuck.

Rob
Garden Grove, CA
=

On 6/26/13 3:54 AM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Re: Turbo Overhaul
> Posted by: "Nate"vwnate1@yahoo.com vwnate1
> Date: Tue Jun 25, 2013 5:03 am ((PDT))
>
>
> Thanx for the links Rob ;
>
> This has been rattling around in the back of my alleged brains since you posted it , as you know , I'm far too lazy & cheap so I like to fix things_once_ and as best as possible .
>
> Looking at Ken's Mercedesource sales video makes me think in the long run I'm prolly better off doing this my own self : the upgraded thrust plate thing really makes sense and he says if you can replace an OM617 water pump , you can do this so I think I will , in the end even with buying the new impeller shaft , it'll be cheaper than an exchange turbo charger and who knows if the turbo rebuilder actually uses this up graded part plus a brandy new impeller on their rebuilt turbos ? you'll never know no matter what they say unless you take it apart .
>
> Plus , I see Ken says to only take the front 1/2 of the turbo off the car , this makes it easier yet , all reasons to tackle this on a DIY Basis @ Home donch'a think ? .
>
> I'll have to work it into my full schedule but I hope to corral Tom (my brother) and try this this Summer .
>
> -Nate

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Here we go again....... Fuel Fungus

 

Nate,

Fungus again? We don't know how you do it.
Maybe you should use Startron on a regular basis.

Rob
Garden Grove, CA
=
On 6/26/13 3:54 AM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Here we go again....... Fuel Fungus
> Posted by: "Nate"vwnate1@yahoo.com vwnate1
> Date: Tue Jun 25, 2013 4:55 am ((PDT))
>
>
> I've been noticing sluggish off idle performance and yesterday afternoon as I was doing a routine hot oil & filter change I looked at my clear primary fuel filter and noticed the screen was dead black ~
>
> Tapping it with a hard plastic screwdriver handle revealed tiny (and some no so tiny) chunks of coal looking stuff flaking off the screen so I remove it and capped both ends , shook and tapped the bejeebers out of it , this shakes the collected fungus residue break loose , once you see the fuel in it turning black , stop and hold it up right , in a few moments (about 60 seconds) the chunks will slowly settle and drift down into the inlet nipple , then you tap it a bunch more and more chinks will come loose , repeat until either you're tired & frustrated or the chunks stop falling off the screen , in the end I blew it out back wards then filled it up with Ether (starting fluid) , tapped it a few more times then blew it out again , not as clean as I'd like but I have a limited amount of ability with the pain and all .
>
> Upon re - installation and re filling the sump with fresh multi grade oil , the engine started and idled smoother and has noticeably better off idle response and throttle response .
>
> This is why I use and recommend the_clear_ primary intake fuel screen filters ~ you can_SEE_ what's going on at a glance & take action before you're suffering serious problems .
>
>
> -Nate

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