Diesel RVs: [diesel_mercedes] Diesel Soot

If the back light is dirty but the cove isn't , the dirt isn't coming out the tail pipe Max .

-Nate
Max wrote :

Neither of my 240's smoke that you can see at all. Still I get black when I clean the back windows, which I hardly never do, Just looking for input on the VW scandal. Even if my cars are truly "dirtier per mile" than the average, doesnt matter to me as I only drive about once a week, 50 miles. Max

On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 10:47 PM, vwnate1@... [diesel_mercedes] <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I dunno max ~

Until recently the 240D never smoked and didn't accumulate smoot on the back of the car atall .

Back in the 1960's I remember the buses belching out dense black clouds and was always told , even by the SMOG guys , that Diesel smoke was inert , almost completely soot .

I hate the smoke and smoot but a well tuned diesel engine doesn't smoke unless you force it to by full throttle under load .

my '84/'85 Europen wagon goes like stink and never soots at all .

-Nate
Max wrote :

http://news.yahoo.com/ap-analysis-dozens-deaths-likely-vw-pollution-dodge-125026628.html#

I wonder how many folks we are knocking off driving our cars. I have noticed when I wash my rear windows the paper towel comes out black. Max ps, still driving my 2 240's

On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 12:21 PM, vwnate1@... [diesel_mercedes] <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

There's no picture here.......

The like to E-Bay only had 115 parts , 123 are different and apparently vary over the various years .

Still looking and accepting help ! .

TIA ,

-Nate
Bill wrote :

Is this the 240D throttle rod(s)?
Here is an eBay search:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=mercedes+240D+throttle&_sop=15

Which one is this picture?

From: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com [mailto: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com ]
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 10:17 AM
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] OM616 (four cylinder) Part

I need the black plastic cover that hides the vacuum switches on top of the rocker box .

It is slightly different from the OM617's I have spares of .

Also , one of the throttle rods is maybe damaged , it appears to be designed to extend a bit but it's been jammed .

" Idle Path Rod " .

I'd love some decent diagrams for the 1982 240D's switchover valves , not in my factory service manual .

As always , I will travel to get these parts , pay for them and take them off your greasy old junk engine or dig through your parts boxes....

TIA ,

- Nate