Diesel RVs: [diesel_mercedes] Re: No Cold Start Again

Next time I am up visiting my kids in Tacoma, I'll come by and take a test drive.

--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Max temple <jasperezra@...> wrote:
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> I started my #2-240 the other day, my automatic, which is my second in line
> 240. It had sat from last summer, never gets driven, sat tru zero degree
> temps, when it warmed up to 32 one day I started it and to my surprise it
> started on the first pop. Somebody could buy a excellent running car here.
> This one starts better than my #1 240 with the 4-spd. Max
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> On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 7:52 AM, <vwnate1@...> wrote:
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> > O.K. ;
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> > So , you cycle the glow plugs then hold the throttle to the floor and
> > operate the starter , it turns over O.K. , not sluggishly but never coughs
> > ? no black puffs from the exhaust ? .
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> > Or , does it s l o w l y crank over like it's a 6 volt ? .
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> > Or . do you only hold onto the starter for a few moments then stop because
> > you're worried about overheating the starter ? .
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> > Is the clear plastic intake screen full of bluish fuel or black coffee
> > looking stuff or tiny chinks of miniature coal ? .
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> > You _DO_ have a clear plastic intake screen , right ? _RIGHT_ ?! .
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> > I know there's an answer in there somewhere , we just have to keep picking
> > away at the details until we find it .
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> > If you have electricity anywhere near the car , put an old tech hair dryer
> > blowing warm/hot air into the air intake ducts .
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> > Me , I'da dumped in the entire bottle of Diesel Kleen while it was running
> > then after a good 30 minutes , I'da driven it to fill the fuel tank with
> > fresh Diesel Fuel .
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> > -Nate
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> > Mike Wrote :
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> > At about 4 o'clock today when it was about 55 degrees in the garage it
> > started up again and it has been running since. I didn't put the white
> > bottle of diesel kleen last time and it was down below a quarter tank. When
> > it stoped running it was about 20 degrees and had been sitting in 20 degree
> > weather for about 6 hours. I don't know if this is another example of
> > diesel fuel gelling or freezing or something but it is running now.
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> > I had tried the red bottle diesel 911 but it didn't do any good. I also
> > had put diesel heat in the tank before this happened. I hope I didn't cause
> > any damage.
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> > Thank you thank you for your help.
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