My 79 240D would start at 4F with no heater using the triple glow. I had M1 in the engine and always used anti-gel from December-March. Dwight Giles Wickford R!
Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 5:44 PM, Larry Turner via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > My 78 240D started easily until it got cold even if plugged in. Then it > refused even w/new GPs. Ended up having low compression but it gave me the > "opportunity" to completely rebuild the engine. I still think about that > rebuild with pride. Gave me 30,000miles + of trouble free driving.... > > Have you checked the compression? > > LarryT > > > On 12/28/2017 4:53 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: > >> Quite possible too! I've had several bad GP relays. If the GPs test >> good, and you HAVE replaced the fuse, (and the new fuse does not blow the >> first time you try to glow) and it is still no start, then it is likely the >> relay is bad. >> >> Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> December 28, 2017 at 3:40 PM >>> That sounds like the experience I had with my '84 300D when the relay >>> failed. If the engine has decent compression it should start ok with one >>> bad GP. The GPs are easy to test with an ohmmeter. >>> >>> Greg >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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
