[diesel_mercedes] Fuel Fun

 

O.K. , I'm over 500 miles now and it's still running .

When I go home i removed the clear plastic fuel screen , shook the bejeebers out of it to try and get the tiny black chunks loose , blew it out back wards , sprayed it with aerosol brake cleaner than gave up and replace it .

The fuel in it looked like watery milk (!) when I restarted the car it filled again with this same stuff so I'm really going to try and run it dry .

Two of the injector return hoses have begun to weep and are wet .

I'm pretty sure I have spare Diesel return hose in the map pocket but not a razor blade / cutter to install it with .

To - morrow perhaps .

I found a guy with two dead W123 wagons , no hatches of course but he says he'll remove me an unbent window lift to - morrow .

Maybe he'll have a third row seat seat belt too .

-Nate


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[diesel_mercedes] Re: Water Temp Woes

 



Flush out all the old coolant then try a Citric Acid flush Brian ~ I had that too : the coolant looked fine but every time I drained and re filled it , I'd get more crud.....

-Nate
       Brian  wrote :

This intrigues me a bit.Based on the oily crud in the old thermostat (which was only 3 years old), I am thinking I may have some blobkage - but the drained coolant and water looked fine. I suspect I may try a back flush and pull the bottom hose off before I get too excited - just to make sure the water pump is circulating water through the system which I don't think is happening right now.

"In time I discovered the tiny air bleed pipe leading between the cylinder head and block was clogged"

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[diesel_mercedes] Fuel Mieage

 



I hear you Max ~ my '82 240D has one very low compression cylinder yet still gives me close to 30 MPG's in town and often up to 34 ~ 36 when driving it to Las Vegas full of kids and stuff .

-Nate
       Max   wrote :

I got 35 mpg from LaGrande to Lewiston, no freeway, mostly winding and twisty road. I weighted my car with me in it 3750lbs. I had it full but not a whole lot of weight. Max

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 5:15 AM, vwnate1@... [diesel_mercedes] <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


471 miles , still running , we'll see how far it'll go .

-Nate





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[diesel_mercedes] Translucent Fuel

 

Is what I'm seeing in the clear plastic intake screen .

Some black crud too .

I hope it doesn't run out on the Pasadena Freeway because there's almost NO breakdown areas there

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RE: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Water Temp Woes

 

Oil rises on top of water. That bit you found could be all there was over a period of three years, if you didn’t see any in the fluid you drained.  Bill in Oregon

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Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Water Temp Woes

 

This intrigues me a bit. Based on the oily crud in the old thermostat (which was only 3 years old), I am thinking I may have some blobkage - but the drained coolant and water looked fine. I suspect I may try a back flush and pull the bottom hose off before I get too excited - just to make sure the water pump is circulating water through the system which I don't think is happening right now.

"In time I discovered the tiny air bleed pipe leading between the cylinder head and block was clogged"

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: Water Temp Woes

 

This intrigues me a bit.Based on the oily crud in the old thermostat (which was only 3 years old), I am thinking I may have some blobkage - but the drained coolant and water looked fine. I suspect I may try a back flush and pull the bottom hose off before I get too excited - just to make sure the water pump is circulating water through the system which I don't think is happening right now.

"In time I discovered the tiny air bleed pipe leading between the cylinder head and block was clogged"

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Low Fuel

 

I got 35 mpg from LaGrande to Lewiston, no freeway, mostly winding and twisty road. I weighted my car with me in it 3750lbs. I had it full but not a whole lot of weight. Max

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 5:15 AM, vwnate1@yahoo.com [diesel_mercedes] <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


471 miles , still running , we'll see how far it'll go .

-Nate





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[diesel_mercedes] Low Fuel

 

471 miles , still running , we'll see how far it'll go .


-Nate


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