Diesel RVs: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Garage Queen 240D Update-Updated

Please don't use ether (start gas) try WD-40 or CR 5-56 instead.

/G

2011/5/16 max_stemple <max_stemple@yahoo.com>

Try some spray stuff. You might get it started. And a worn out engine is less likely to have damage done to it by starter fluid. When I bought my 190D it would not start without a shot in the morning and then I could drive it all day. With compression like that your screwed. Max
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Don Benski" <dbenski@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the input. Glow plugs glowed nicely outside the car. And with
> the injectors removed, I could view them glowing red while installed.
>
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> I ran the compression test - several times to get consistent numbers on all
> cylinders. The results are bad, very bad. Keep in mind this was a cold
> engine test, given it's pretty difficult to do a warm engine test on a car
> that will not start.
>
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> Cylinder 1 - 220 Cylinder 2 - 180 Cylinder 3 -
> 210 Cylinder 4 - 310
>
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> So guys, what do you things the odds are that a valve job will help this
> engine? A complete rebuild is way outside my skill set, and also my budget.
> Has my beloved 240D become a parts car?
>
>
>
> -Don in St. Louis (Really bummed out)
>

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