Jim wrote: “Even my W115 200D would maintain 85mph floored on the flats. Eventually. If your 240D can't do that, it's not dialed in right. The Albatross (240D) had real problems at first, but that's because somebody dicked with the throttle linkages to the point where it would not reach full throttle. Probably not even half.”
Jaime wrote: “I agree, if you had it floored most of the time something is wrong. While they’re not fast, they should easily get up to highway speed to the point that you have to back off unless you encounter a steep hill. Keeping the pedal down will bring you to 85-90mph pretty easily. Start with linkage, and all the maintenance stuff of course” Ok. Good thoughts. I’ll start with the linkage to see anything obvious. In terms of maintenance, I figured I would start with stuff I can do like Fuel filters. I have a diesel purge kit too. I am thinking I should probably have the valves adjusted/checked. I noticed when it starts up, it runs a little rough until I give it more fuel. It smooths out. It also has quite a bit of whitish gray smoke. My old worn out 82 300D with 400K miles would blow out black smoke. I’m wondering about the glow plugs too. Isn’t there a way to check them with a multimeter? I remember changing the plugs on my 617. I thought I would start with the hardest one. It turned out the one right in the middle was the hardest. With rough running and white smoke and low power, couldn’t that be a bad glow plug? Donald H. Snook _______________________________________ 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
