Sounds like you've got another problem. The knob you turned only increases the idle speed by pulling on the same linkage that the accelerator throttle moves, it does nothing to affect starting or air/fuel ratios, I believe.
You may have an air leak allowing the injection pump to lose its prime, and/or you may have flaky injector or two, or some other problem. Does the manual priming pump leak fuel when you operate it? If yes, replace with new. -Max -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Booher Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 11:30 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 240D Transmission issue On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Jim Cathey <[email protected]> wrote: > So I should turn the idle adjust *after* depressing the throttle? >> > > Yes, otherwise you're trying, with fingers and plastic, to pull on a > throttle mechanism that is sprung for foot pressure. It's hard to do, > hard on the mechanism, and can result in stretched cables and > broken-off knobs. The manual even says to push the pedal first. > > -- Jim Woah! That knob has some travel to it. I'm pretty sure that I got it to full open, or full counter clockwise, however you want to describe it. First time I've seen my car smoke too. Plume of blue smoke accompanied that discovery. On another note, even at full open, with it being 45 degress this morning while chilly isn't anywhere near winter level, car was very difficult to start. Had to crank a long time to get it to finally catch. Is that normal for this vintage of Diesel? EdB -- "I've come to your planet on a Class IV Intergalactic Doom Freighter." - Adrian Monk _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
