[diesel_mercedes] Battery Issues

 

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Troubleshooting Persistent Dead Battery and Battery Drain Problems by Kent Bergsma

 



brian from Laverne
Twin 83 turbo 300d's


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Re: [diesel_mercedes] recent cold weather start

 

I have never replaced one but have installed two in two 240's. I took the starters out for easier access to the hole. One of them, my automatic, had a 19mm plug(needed a 19mm allen) to get it out, it was really stuck. needed about a 7 foot pipe on the end of the allen wrench and a strong 20 yo old boy on the end of that to break it loose. I dont drive my Mercedes in winter due to living off grid and a very long frozen snowy driveway with a good uphill, but when I have taken the trouble to run the block heaters for a couple hours, easy start. Max

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 8:53 AM, mj0a0a@yahoo.com [diesel_mercedes] <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


Yes, I meant a valve adjustment... Also agree that the block heater is the best. But mine gave away some years ago, and I have read everywhere that replacing it is risky - involves heating up the old one to "cherryred" to get it out, etc. The alternatives do not seem very good.


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Alan, I am just south of Baltimore. The alternatives to a block heater do not sound promising. Anyway new glow plugs should help. But putting a coil underneath the oil plan is not too bad. Like one of those Katz heaters I guess. Draining and re-heating oil is not really a practical thing one can do everytime - I just wanted to be sure and came up with that. I don''t know WHAT helped most, but she fired very quickly.

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Yes, I meant a valve adjustment... Also agree that the block heater is the best. But mine gave away some years ago, and I have read everywhere that replacing it is risky - involves heating up the old one to "cherryred" to get it out, etc. The alternatives do not seem very good.

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