When that happens to me, I check the primary (small) fuel filter, and it usually is clogged with parafin or other gunk.
brian from laverne, ca
Mary (195K) Martha (280K)
1983 w123 300d's
Mary (195K) Martha (280K)
1983 w123 300d's
From: Trish Dougherty <purrfectharmonyfarm@wifi45.com>
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2012 4:52 PM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] '81 300sd running weird & smoking
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2012 4:52 PM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] '81 300sd running weird & smoking
Yesterday I was on a small grade on the freeway when my car lost most of it's power and I had to floor it, I still got passed up by an eighteen wheeler!
Once I got to the crest the car appeared to get it's power back. I made it to camp and Kevin. We checked the oil, and had to put in a couple of quarts. I checked it before I left the house, less than 50 miles earlier and I had plenty.
I left camp and could barely make it up the hill to the gate. I went back, we checked the oil again. It was fine.
Kevin got in and drove and it just had no power. We went down the service road and around in a loop. He couldn't get it to shift.
He had just said I had to take the truck home, he didn't see how I was going to get there in the car, when all of a sudden the car started running perfect.
We went back to camp, checked everything we could think of and I headed out.
I was fine until I had to climb a hill over the freeway to the FM road. Again, barely made it up the hill, no power, then just when I came over the crest it was OK.
The rest of the way home, flat or hills it ran like a dog.
I put some Startron in today. Kevin had looked at the fuel filters before I left camp and said the clear one looked dirty. I hope that's my problem.
And the oil consumption now is from the tube running to the bottom at the turbo.
Also, he watched as I left and said it's belching grey smoke. Oh go ahead and tell me. I can take it. Mark sent me a link to a Kent video on rebuilding the turbo.
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Trish Dougherty
PurrFect Harmony Farm
Ennis, TX
http:/purrfectharmonyfarm.intuitwebsites.com
Once I got to the crest the car appeared to get it's power back. I made it to camp and Kevin. We checked the oil, and had to put in a couple of quarts. I checked it before I left the house, less than 50 miles earlier and I had plenty.
I left camp and could barely make it up the hill to the gate. I went back, we checked the oil again. It was fine.
Kevin got in and drove and it just had no power. We went down the service road and around in a loop. He couldn't get it to shift.
He had just said I had to take the truck home, he didn't see how I was going to get there in the car, when all of a sudden the car started running perfect.
We went back to camp, checked everything we could think of and I headed out.
I was fine until I had to climb a hill over the freeway to the FM road. Again, barely made it up the hill, no power, then just when I came over the crest it was OK.
The rest of the way home, flat or hills it ran like a dog.
I put some Startron in today. Kevin had looked at the fuel filters before I left camp and said the clear one looked dirty. I hope that's my problem.
And the oil consumption now is from the tube running to the bottom at the turbo.
Also, he watched as I left and said it's belching grey smoke. Oh go ahead and tell me. I can take it. Mark sent me a link to a Kent video on rebuilding the turbo.
--
Trish Dougherty
PurrFect Harmony Farm
Ennis, TX
http:/purrfectharmonyfarm.intuitwebsites.com
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