I would also replace fuel lines before next test run. Or simply attach a small motorcycle tank or the like under the hood and take it for a spin. If the problem goes away then you know it is before the primer pump. If it persists then it is at or after the primer.
Mike On Sep 12, 2012 9:51 AM, "Dimitri Seretakis" <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Yes, I agree. That will be my plan of action. Replace, glow plugs, replace > primer pump, drive her hard, re-assess situation. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 12, 2012, at 7:36 AM, Max Dillon <meadedil...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > My opinion: start simple and work to complicated. When you've fixed what > you know needs fixing, and completed all the simple and easy repairs, start > working up to complex. > > Primer pump is toward the simple end, delivery valve seals toward the > complex end. Fuel tank strainer is toward the complex/hard end. > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '95 E300 > '87 300TD > > Dimitri Seretakis <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > So I hear conflicting opinions about delivery valve seals. Some say not > to change them if there is no apparent leak at the IP below the > fitting. In my case there is no leak. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 11, 2012, at 7:02 PM, OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes - I forgot about delivery valve seals - those would cause poor > idling. > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 2:32 PM, clay monroe <redgh...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > In neither Gump nor the 95 E300D have leaking delivery valves had an > effect on starting. The primer pump did issue with getting fuel to the > IP > in Gump. The leakage was really obvious though, so there was no real > mystery about there being a leak. > > clay > > > On Sep 11, 2012, at 12:14 PM, OK Don wrote: > > In my experience, air leaks cause hard starting, but no effects at all > once > running. > > On Tuesday, September 11, 2012, Dimitri Seretakis wrote: > > Would I see air bubbles anywhere? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 11, 2012, at 11:04 AM, Craig > <diese...@pisquared.net<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:20:04 -0700 (PDT) Dimitri Seretakis > <dsereta...@yahoo.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > Could the pump plunger thing- can't remember it's name spills fluid > when I pump it. Could this be creating an air leak that would result in > stumbling and stalling? > > The hand pump could indeed be creating an air leak. > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > > > -- > OK Don > 2001 ML320 > 2012 Passat TDI DSG > 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager > _______________________________________ > 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 > > > > > -- > OK Don > 2001 ML320 > 2012 Passat TDI DSG > 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager > _______________________________________ > 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