I have never smoked ANYTHING and absolutely and certainly not crack, but my '87 300D (110 kmi) built in Oct '86 started on first rotation (as usual) one morning last week after sitting overnight in 20 degree weather. 'Held the glow for 5 seconds or so after the glow light went out; started instantly and ran smoothly immediately. My '91 350SDL (195 kmi) starts instantly and runs nicely and smoothly, too, under the same conditions. However, SWMBO complained several days ago that the 126 "runs rough." As usual, she tries to hurry the glow, though she has been driving MB Diesels for 29 years and I have been trying to tell her to let it glow and to let it glow a little longer when it's REALLY cold. After she told me it runs rough, I went out the next morning and started it with a proper glow - nice and smooth.
Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "TE" <ban...@carolina.rr.com> To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] SDL cranky cold starts > I'm not saying it was perfect, but its still running somewhere outside of > Atlanta with over 260k on it. > > People that think a 22 year old diesel engine will just crank right up, not > smoke, run smooth after sitting in 20 degree weather all night are smoking > crack. > > -----Original Message----- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 9:43 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] SDL cranky cold starts > > just because your SDL also did that does not mean its right. A 60x > should start right up down to at least 0 even with dino oil in it. > > TE wrote: > > Dude, this is normal. My SDL would run rough for the first minute or two. > > Taking off with a cold engine was a trip... pegged to the floor, slow as > > hell. It smoked, it rattled, it was slow... Don't let these fools tell you > > that you need this and that, it's either 21 or 22 years old, cut it some > > slack. > > > > As long as there is there is no sluggishness or excessive smoke at idle > when > > up to operating temp, then you have a perfectly sound SDL. > > > > I could be wrong, you may want to CHECK YOUR FUSES! > > > > te > > > -- > Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK > 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 91 300E, 89 560SEL, > 89 300E, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85 190D, 84 190D x2, > 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, > http://www.okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
