There's an important difference between running it hard and thrashing it that many seem to miss ~
Since my last post I ran it up to Big bear Lake to buy some N.O.S. parts and a core transmission for my Morris Minor , it was a hot day (well over 90° F) so I had the AC on MAX the entire time , I drove up Ca. S.R. 330 , it had difficulty pulling fourth gear a lot so I'd manually down shift the Slushbox into third gear and keep it between 35 ~ 40 MPH , 35 when it easily sped up , 40 when it was working hard .
It now runs *much* better , I put 286 miles on it in one day .
-Nate
Mark wrote :
I had a 240D that had been driven mainly in the city and was in need of a good run.
I added a litre of 10w30 oil to the fuel (will help loosen up carbon on the parts)
Took it on a good hard run, extra 300lbs weight plus me, and a highway run with a few good uphill runs.
The extra weight and uphills helped to increase the temp, so the carbon would be removed.
At the start the car would die at a traffic light and was barely able to do 60mph.
After my 6 hr run, the car was able to do 90 mph and didn't stall at lights(still ran a bit rough though)
I was told to drive the car hard and not to baby it.
After about 6K miles the car was running great and started well.
These cars need to be ran on the highway every so often to keep the carbon out.
They can also be driven hard(within reason), they have governors to protect them.
Mark
From: "vwnate1@... [diesel_mercedes]" <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 11:11 AM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Fugus In The Fuel 240D
O.K. , ;
I'm still driving SWMBO's 1982 240D with Slushbox , it's running better & better and now starts a bit easier in the wee hours when it's really cool (49° F isn't jacket weather much less 'cold') , I see some excess fuel smoke in my mirror if I'm stuck at a long traffic light .
It clearly has more power , get up and go off a dead stop , I think I have 325 miles on it now , the low fuel light comes on and then goes back off again , I plan to fill it up @ lunch to - day , add some more Startron .
We'll see what happens .
It's still rather slow , I liken it to driving my old 1950's vintage 36HP VW Beetles ~ takes off O.K. and in due time will get up to Freeway speeds but it's no ball of fire .
-Nate
I'm still driving SWMBO's 1982 240D with Slushbox , it's running better & better and now starts a bit easier in the wee hours when it's really cool (49° F isn't jacket weather much less 'cold') , I see some excess fuel smoke in my mirror if I'm stuck at a long traffic light .
It clearly has more power , get up and go off a dead stop , I think I have 325 miles on it now , the low fuel light comes on and then goes back off again , I plan to fill it up @ lunch to - day , add some more Startron .
We'll see what happens .
It's still rather slow , I liken it to driving my old 1950's vintage 36HP VW Beetles ~ takes off O.K. and in due time will get up to Freeway speeds but it's no ball of fire .
-Nate
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