Which engines were they talking about? ------------- Max Charleston SC
On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 8:57 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Here is a tip for noticeable horsepower gain in your turbo diesel that can > be done by anyone in five minutes. > > Background: Mercedes was scared their cars would not pass "spot" tests by > the EPA so they turned the aneroid compenstaor on the injection pumps in by > one turn to make sure. they then told us at Mercedes school what they had > done and told us it was a federal offense to turn it out EXACTLY ONE FULL > TURN regardless of how much it boosted both power and mileage. > > We then all proeceeded to go back to the dealers and do it the moment the > cars were out of warranty. > > > > Instructions > > 1) locate the compensator on the top of the injection pump (fig 103) > > 2) break away the sides with a chisel and peel it back and remove and > discard the black tamper-proof cap. > > 3) loosen the locknut with a 10mm wrench and turn the screw out > exactly one turn. retighten locknut. (your done) > > If the black cap is gone it has already been done and turning it out more > will accomplish nothing. > > > > If your car has a lot of miles on it it will blow soot out of the exhaust > for a good minute if you run it to 3500rpms or so and then the car will > actually smoke less. The increase in horsepower is small on some and > phenomenal on others. The miles goes up because the engine strains less as > the torque will also be increased when starting from a standstill. > > > > good luck > > --R > Sent from iPhone > _______________________________________ > 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
