Tested the car today after valve adjustment and after all, replacing the pressure line to the Alda. 14.86 seconds from 0 to 100km/h (Magellan GPS). I vote for the crap being left in the manifold.
On 11/10/05, Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hans Neureiter wrote: > > This morning I decided to disable the EGR. Cut an outline of the 2-bolt > > flange to the intake manifold from some 16 ga sheet metal with 2 ea. > 3/8" > > holes where the bolts go. Easy enough, took 20 minutes. > > Found that I didn't need the block plate. > > Exactly what Dr. Booth preaches: Sooth build-up. There was no hole left > > leading to the intake manifold. Completely packed with caked up sooth.Ijust > > can imagine what the intake ports look like. > > Is there a way to clean this up without removing the intake manifold and > > head? > > I know of NO way to clean out the intake manifold with the manifold > attached to the head (I've NEVER pulled the head). Despite intuition > suggesting otherwise, I don't know of a single person that has been able > to document even a small performance improvement. I have tried twice > (OM602.96 & 603.96 engines) and NOTHING changed and I have reports of > others that have extracted more than 1/4" of crude with NO measurable > change (those were all turbo cars - both 61x and 60x). A non-turbo MIGHT > be more sensitive (intuition again but you can see how well that's > served me so far ;-). > > Marshall > -- > Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) > "der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > '87 300TD 182Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 > turbo 237kmi > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > -- Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX '82 300SD, '95 E300D
