I broke down and got a jump-start this morning. It really needed to crank and the battery wasn't up to the job. No heat in the engine, so the block heater is inoperative. I tried the light bulb trick, with no luck. Now the question remains, what is my problem? The system glowed perfectly and the relay is good. Could it be glow plugs? I just had a valve adjustment so that's not it. My instinct says it's the DieHard battery again. I've had to replace this roughly every 18 months.
On Jan 10, 2017 9:26 AM, "Curt Raymond via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I did that with the block heater in the ASV trail groomer the snowmobile > club has. We weren't sure it was working so I put the Kill-A-Watt on it, > sure enough it was drawing 800 watts. That machine is terrible to start in > the cold, the block heater is pretty much required. > -Curt > > From: Jim Cathey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Jim Cathey <jim.cathey...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 1:51 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] cold starting your dizzel > > > > > I wonder if my W123 300TD block heater is broke > > > On ours you can hear the gentle hiss when they're working. If it's quiet > outside. Otherwise, ammeter/wattmeter. Kill-A-Watt is highly recommended, > and fairly cheap. Dozens of uses! > > -- Jim > _______________________________________ > http://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 > > 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 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
