I've posted about this before, yet it fits the current discussion. My
'85 300D turbo was doing the 5-10 mph up the hills, leaving a hot
springs in NoCal, after driving on the winding roads stirred up the muck
in the tank, thus clogging the filters. Luckily, I have two tanks, and
one was still OK after putting in more diesel. I barely made it out of
the hills. I changed both filters, and avoided the winding roads when
possible, and it acted OK. When I could, I ran some STARTON through the
tank, which gets the bugs out of the tank, which clog up everything. I
now run STARTON through the tank every once and awhile to keep it clean.
Unless you know your tank is clean, don't run it below 1/4 tank, as it
stir up the muck, and clog the filters, hills make it worse.
Rob
'85 300D
Garden Grove, CA
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On 4/6/11 1:39 AM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Re: Doing some R&D need your help
> Posted by: "Mark in Lakewood CO"beeser750@q.com beeser750
> Date: Tue Apr 5, 2011 8:06 pm ((PDT))
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> Yeah, there's something wrong if you're only able to go 10 MPH, on ANY hill. I had a normally aspirated (non-turbo) 300D ('77), and, even around here, at a mile high, it had no real problems. The car was rated at 80hp, at sea level, which meant about 68 hp around town here, and around 55 hp at 10,000 ft. Anyone who's driven I-70 west from here to Vail knows what it's like, and, while I obviously wasn't the fastest thing running up there, I was by no means the slowest, either. It kept up with traffic with little trouble. Acceleration was, well, leisurely, but it DID accelerate.
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> Mark in Lakewood, CO
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