Topsider was used twice to do it at home. I finally just had my indy take care of the issue and stopped running high BioD concentrations.
These engines are also known to weld in the #6 glow plug. I have had the head off twice to get that dealt with in a decade. The first time was due to cross threading, which repeated the error induced by the prior repair to that glow. That was repaired and retapped, and for unknown reasons, maybe carbon, it sealed itself in again. Past January the car was in the shop for three dead glow plugs (and #6 had failed) so they all came out with the head having to come off and more tapping and the admonition that the GP should probably be tweaked once a year to keep it free. New exhaust manifold gasket each time. clay On May 5, 2013, at 5:06 AM, John Reames wrote: > The ones for the OM606 are longer by necessity; making the engine 4 valve per > cylinder resulted in the injector being placed between the camshafts, so each > one is down in a hole (that is slightly deeper than the injector is long). > > Draining said holes of accumulated diesel fuel is quite fun. > > -- > John W Reames > jream...@verizon.net > Home: +14106646986 > Mobile: +14437915905 > > On May 4, 2013, at 18:15, "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > >> Lengths for the return hoses is very easy; remove old one and cut new one to >> length to match; often, somebody else has installed one or more excessively >> long, if so, cut new one a little shorter. A meter's a plenty for complete >> set. Several years ago, when my tremor was so bad that I could not change >> the tubes myself, I asked Indy to replace 3 or 4 of 'em on my 350SDL and had >> left a meter of the hose/tube on center console. Well, I may as well use >> ALL of it - shonuf - 'used every bit of it on about 4 tubes - way the Hell >> too long! >> >> Trent sells it by meter. >> >> Wilton >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Reames" <jwrea...@comcast.net> >> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2013 5:52 PM >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1999 Mercedes E300 Turbodiesel Fuel Injector Leak >> Issues(UNCLASSIFIED) >> >> >>> Wetness around the injectors is still likely to be bypass hoses, unless its >>> up around the nut, in which case the line should be >>> disconnected/reconnected. >>> >>> I believe that you need 2-3 meters of hose for the job, but I haven't done >>> it in a while. (I've got a gauge stick around somewhere though!) >>> >>> The easiest way to get the exact lengths of the hoses is to look them up in >>> the EPC. >>> >>> Wetness around the delivery valves (on the injection pump, which is half >>> hiding under the intake manifold), is a whole separate ball of wax; that >>> will mean re-sealing the delivery valves (which is an annoying, fiddly job) >>> >>> If you will be doing your own maintenance on the car, you might want to >>> leave the vertically-oriented bolt that goes through the tab on the charge >>> air pipe and a bracket before threading into the EGR valve out; it is a >>> MAJOR PITA to get to (there is not even a straight shot from below). You >>> may also want to keep a spare intake manifold gasket around. >>> >>> BTW, I think there's a detailed write-up on the delivery valve reseal >>> floating around. The EPC does NOT list the seals at all for an OM606 of >>> any variant, but they are the same as the ones on an OM601/OM602/OM603. >>> Likewise, WIS does not list a job for re-sealing the valves; dealer >>> procedure is to replace the pump. (This is likely due to the fact that you >>> will have at least a 10% chance of one that needs to be re-done immediately >>> (which of course means the intake manifold has to come back off)) >>> >>> (2x 210.025, 1x 123.133 in the driveway) >>> >>> -- >>> John W Reames >>> jream...@verizon.net >>> Home: +14106646986 >>> Mobile: +14437915905 >>> >>> On May 4, 2013, at 14:47, Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote: >>> >>>> WILTON wrote: >>>>> Whenever I've had fuel wetness around my injectors, I've been lucky >>>>> enough that only the fuel return tubes that go from injector-to-injector, >>>>> etc. (small, cloth-covered, rubber tubes), have been leaking and simply >>>>> replacing those has cured the leaking/wetness. Are your return tubes dry? >>>> >>>> He's got the 24v OM606, with its own kind of fuel leaks. >>>> They pretty much all do it or have had recent leak repairs. >>>> >>>> Mitch. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> 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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
