My personal experience with fuel distributors was this. I needed, or thought I needed a new fuel distributor for an old CIS car. So, I bit the bullet, and called the dealer. I'm told new are no longer available, only rebuilt. Ok, how much? $3000. Yiles!! Oh, and Bosch only rebuild a run, once they get enough cores. When is that? Don't know. So, even at $3000, nothing available, and you're not sure when? That's when I decided to see what I could do about flushing out my fuel distributor with high doses of injector cleaner. What did I have to lose at that point. Worked like a charm, and the car now runs great. Reason it gummed up, from what I can make of it, was due to storing the car with a tank of gas with ethanol. One and only time in 24 years. Never had a problem before, or since, using "real" gas.
Anyway, I was just curious to the cost and availability of old injector pumps. I would imagine the source is kind of drying up now, and with people now using WVO in old Mercedes, that might even speed up the lack of availability. Might be worth plucking a spare from the wreckers and keeping it on the shelf, even if you don't need it right at the moment. I know I've collected a few extra pieces over the past 6 years for the other car, and in some cases, the price has gone up 6-8 fold since doing so!!! Ed 300E On 24 January 2012 17:53, Michael Canfield <slozuk...@gmail.com> wrote: > I drive a used car. I have no problem with replacing parts with good > used. > > Mike > On Jan 24, 2012 5:47 PM, "E M" <pokieba...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I don't know much about diesels, as I've never owned one, but I thought > > injector pumps were like fuel distributors in CIS gas engines, which cost > > thousands to replace with new units?? > > > > Ed > > 300E > > > > On 24 January 2012 17:38, Michael Canfield <slozuk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hence all of the dead wvo cars. They all did not end up in the > boneyard > > > from a wvo related issue. Cheapskate wvo users don't generally keep up > > on > > > maintenance. My cheap Mercedes drives like it should, gets taken care > of > > > like it should and treats me well. > > > As far as a documented 300k miles on wvo, good luck with that. No > one > > > who can afford a new Benz diesel is going to run it on wvo from new. I > > > will gladly replace an injector pump eventually, I have saved around > > $1500 > > > or so on fuel with just this car, I can afford to fix it for that kind > of > > > savings. > > > > > > Mike > > > On Jan 24, 2012 12:23 PM, "Curt Raymond" <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Because WVO is almost never done well. Almost always some idiot is > > > running > > > > cold WVO (or not completely heated WVO) straight into the engine. > > > > > > > > I'm not completely opposed to cold WVO if its mixed with diesel but > not > > > > straight and not for short drives around town. > > > > > > > > It also seems to me that WVO cars have loads of other maintenance > > issues. > > > > Like the owners put all their money into a poorly designed WVO system > > and > > > > ignored massive issues with the car. > > > > > > > > -Curt > > > > > > > > Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:37:35 -0500 > > > > From: Michael Canfield <slozuk...@gmail.com> > > > > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Why you DON'T want to install a WVO kit... > > > > Message-ID: > > > > < > calhj_1bkozt_jf8kud7bo_c8vshjjcfnifxwhn0eg3_ryj0...@mail.gmail.com > > > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > > > > > So why not? I run wvo in all of my diesels in warm weather with no > ill > > > > effect. You just have to have the brains to do it right. > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > On Jan 24, 2012 10:16 AM, "Allan Streib" <str...@cs.indiana.edu> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > This guy has been trying to unload this car for months. > > > > > > > > > > http://bloomington.craigslist.org/cto/2789925113.html > > > > > > > > > > Says price dropped but doesn't seem by much. > > > > > > > > > > Allan > > > > > -- > > > > > 1983 300D > > > > > 1979 300SD > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > 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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
