Yeah it has 4 codes, 2 for I think #5&6 glow plugs and 2 others I forget what they are. I have to look at that again. I think they might have been associated with the GP issue. Air filter looked pretty new and clean so I think it is breathing ok.
I took it out yesterday and it is running pretty well now after the issues getting it to start and run at first. I’m wondering if this is still an EGR issue until it warms up. First run on the road the tranny wants to hold first gear up pretty high rpm but then shifts into second and then sorts itself out and is fine. Maybe a tranny fluid change is in order. I took it out this evening and it is starting and running mostly ok with just a bit of roughness and an occasional “miss” at idle. Did the shifting thing again but then was fine after that initial issue. I’m wondering if it is vacuum? I don’t know enough (I.e., pretty much nothing) about this car to know how it (doesn’t) works. Maybe it’s some nanny unhappy about something, or something related to the codes. It was running better, I was thrashing it pretty hard and it seemed to get better running. Makes sense I guess, probably wasn’t driven too hard. The thing is pretty quick, has tons of torques and really gets up and goes. Acceleration seems to have a few rough spots and minor stumbles, and feels like it isn’t happy until the turbo really gets spun up. But even so it is quite entertaining. Steering is really tight, RF shock might be getting a little clunky, the new bushings took care of the steering issue real cheap and easy. The new kumho tars seem ok on a first try, at least they held up to some vigorous exercise. I noticed it has this big exhaust canister just downstream of the turbo, some sort of soot filter or catalyst or something? Maybe that’s clogged up and the thrashing is helping clean it out? Maybe it just needs to be driven hard and get the goobers cleaned out. I’ll be driving it more and will keep thrashing it. I keep telling myself I’ve got less that $1k into it now so it can just be a fun beater. Aside from the crunched front fascia its doesn’t look bad and is in pretty decent general condition so I feel torn about that. AC is not cooling, I need to pull a vacuum on it and see if it more or less holds. If so I’ll squirt some 134 in it and see if that works. A few other cosmetic things need to be fixed up, I need to hit the knacker soon and see what random bits I can find. I also ordered some liqui moly injector cleaner (the stuff you run through directly) and some fuel tank additive so will try that too. The fun of a cheap Benz! --FT Sent from iPhone > On Jun 17, 2018, at 3:38 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Any check engine lights? This car has all sorts of electronic sensors as well > so could be any number of issues. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 17, 2018, at 2:37 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> Check the air filter, if you have not already... Rough start and hard >> stumble would tell me to look two places... Not enough air... or not enough >> fuel... Rule # 1 for diesel is "Clean air, Clean fuel, Clean oil." >> >> Since it is belching black, that tells me you "may" be getting enough fuel >> [clean or not, still a question] however, you may not be getting enough >> clean air to make a start and idle.... as you accelerate above 3000 RPM, >> air flow increases to overcome blocked air filter? >> >> Just a thought.... likely, you've already gone there. >> >> On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 10:26 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> Sounds like an okie car to me >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Jun 17, 2018, at 11:02 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I started it up today, it belched smoke and wouldn't keep running, I >>> finally nursed it to running and it was stumbling and rough below 3000rpm >>> but after a few minutes it kept running at idle so I let it sit for awhile >>> to charge up the battery and it got to running better. So I shut it off >>> after awhile and worked on the SEC bulb sockets and messed with that. >>>> >>>> Decided to take it out to see if it would run OK and lo mirabilu dictu >>> it is running fine. It still belches some smoke off idle and is a bit >>> rough up to like 3000rpm but then runs fine above that. At about 60 it >>> felt like it was getting up on the turbo and had some great acceleration, >>> or maybe some nanny was making it run like it should. Anyway, no real >>> problems. >>>> >>>> I'm wondering if that new tank of fuel stirred something up and now it >>> is sorting itself out or something. I hope I can drive it OK until the >>> tank is low then I'll pull the tank filter and see how goobered up it is. >>> I'm thinking to put some biocide in the tank and see if that helps >>> anything, though it seems OK now. Maybe some of that Liqui (Lubro? same can >>> different name) Moly stuff too. >>>> >>>> Very strange. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> --FT >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________ > 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
