No, I'm not venturing that far into the horsepower band. Others have done this, but none of what I've read so far indicates that anyone else had this problem.
This afternoon on the drive home, my boost gauge indicated about 12.5 psi boost, and the car is really driving well now. There is still a hint of knock, I expect that to clear up as I burn out the carbon. I don't know why I didn't get this boost after the initial adjustment, maybe the waste gate seat was dirty with carbon, and constantly leaking? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On January 23, 2017 4:48:11 PM EST, Curley McLain via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >So are you adding an exhaust gas pyrometer to the white whale in >addition to upping the fuel and the boost? (best practice) > >Have you tried to contact any of the crazy Finns about this issue? >They >might have the answer, as I am sure one of them has put a later IP on >an >OM603. >> Meade Dillon via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> January 23, 2017 at 2:37 PM >> Yes, unless the over-boost protection circuit kicked in to limit >fuel. >> With increasing boost, the temperature of the charge air goes up, >which >> directly translates to higher exhaust gas temperatures. Increasing >the >> boost without adding fuel just adds heat, which is not very nice in >terms >> of engine wear. No gain in performance, shortens engine life. I don't >> know if piston meltdown would still be a risk if the fuel were >limited by >> cutting off the signal to the ALDA, don't really want to know. >> >> ------------- >> Max >> Charleston SC >> > >_______________________________________ >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
