Thank you so much Fred but I already have the tool!

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> On Jun 27, 2024, at 2:37 PM, Frederick Moir via Mercedes 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Dimitri.
> I have the socket for the valves on a 60x injection pump.
> Yours if you want it.
> Fred.
> 
>> On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 12:41 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> I did the delivery valve seals on my '84 190D and IIRC the injection pump
>> seemed louder after doing the job than before. Also as I remember (and it's
>> been probably 10+ years) that noise declined over time.
>> 
>> I'd throw a bottle of motor oil or ATF into the fuel tank and run the car
>> a little to see what happens. I wonder if maybe the leaking delivery valves
>> get quieter because of some looseness and the tightening of them makes them
>> louder.
>> 
>> Almost 20 years ago I paid a "trusted mechanic" to replace dv seals on my
>> '85 190D. At some point he shifted one of the valves which then caused the
>> engine to try to run away. He had to bring in a specialist to get it right
>> again. I ended up paying him something like $1000 on a like $200 job.
>> That's why I did it myself on the '84 190D. Its not a hard job, but you
>> need to go slow and keep your wits about you...
>> 
>> That was when I decided "Why pay somebody to screw up something I can
>> screw up perfectly well myself?"
>> 
>> -Curt
>> 
>> 
>> On Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 08:12:21 PM EDT, Dimitri Seretakis via
>> Mercedes <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> To keep things less confusing, I’m asking this question separately from
>> the idling issue which Kaleb identified as the voltage overload relay.
>> 
>> So I took my car to the shop three weeks ago in order to fix a broken
>> lower ball joint- stupid Boston potholes. They ended up rebuilding the
>> whole front suspension- replaced lower control arms, shocks etc. Car drives
>> great now.
>> While it was there I asked them to replace the delivery valve seals and
>> washers since I just don’t have time to do it. Now the car makes a nailing
>> noise at idle. They say it could be the injectors. I’m wondering if they
>> screwed up the delivery valve job. It is actually a very good shop so I
>> don’t want to just jump to conclusions of incompetence because they really
>> are a very competent and exceptional shop.
>> 
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