Adchust der falfes If you do, it should start to 20 below F. (winter spec)
At 05:20 PM 11/5/2008, you wrote:
Fuel is less than 2 or 3 weeks old. I have not had this problem in
previous years. When it gets below zero C I have
trouble starting if I don't plug in but if I do, it fires up like
summertime. This time is unusual as it has not
been that cold yet.
Randy
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 115 300D still won't start
When was the last time you put in fuel? Maybe gelled summer fuel? An
incandescent bulb in a trouble light under the
hood by the IP overnight might warm it enough to find out.
I'm still voting for valves.
-Curt
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 12:23:19 -0600
From: "R A Bennell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [MBZ] 115 300D still won't start
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I checked the glow plugs etc and they appeared to be ok - the
expansion wire glowed orange too. I had a new set so
I put them all in but it did not help at all. I am starting to
wonder if I have run it low on fuel. I knew I was
getting toward the bottom of that tank given the mileage on the trip
odometer etc but was waiting for the low fuel
light to come on before refilling. I have about 350 miles on the
tank according to the trip odometer. I have gone
further than that but only in warmer weather with all highway
driving. This tank is while it is cooler and has some
urban driving so I may not have much left in th tank. I am wondering
now if that light may have malfunctioned. So,
before I dig any further, I am going to pick up a 5 gallon can of
diesel and pour it into the tank. I might even
change out the fuel filter as I have never done that in my 4 summers
of driving it. I also got some of the small
clear filters but the car did not have one originally and I have
never put one in so I cannot crawl under and look
for fuel or for crud in the filter either.
My initial thought was the glow system as I drove the car on
Saturday and it ran like normal. I went to help my
brother-in-law do some electrical work and install a roof vent in
his new garage. That is about 45 minutes away. I
drove out there on Saturday morning and the car sat on the street
from 10:30 to about 8:00 PM and then started
normally and drove fine for 45 minutes home in the dark. Maybe I am
lucky that I made it into the garage. I did not
use it at all on Sunday and then Monday morning, it would not start.
It cranks and it tries to fire and it smokes a
cloud out the back but it does not start. Will add some fuel and see
if that resolves the problem. My recollection
is that it may take a fair amount of cranking if there is now some
air in the lines.
Randy
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