If the injectors have never been properly cleaned, now would be good time.... Check your yellow pages for a Bosch diesel injection shop near you.
Alternatively, if you can't function without the car for the day or two it will probably take, see if Kaleb has a used set you can buy and have cleaned, then install. Remember to replace the crush washers (aka heat shields) at the same time! Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It DOES idle like crap when I start it up and dies a couple times until the > engine warms up. Operating temperature is normal (relatively new > thermostat) but it idles a bit low (650). > Is there a test for leaky injectors or should I simply replace them all? > They are original to the car, to the best of my knowledge... > > 1983 300TD > 276.7 K miles > > > On 1/2/06, Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> andrew strasfogel wrote: >>> Wheels are cool, brakes fine - I maintain this car religiously. >> >> What about operating temperature? When my '85 190D thermostat stuck >> open, around town (short trips) fuel consumption in the winter dropped >> from the high 30s to the mid 20s! >> >> Chain stretch? >> >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.striplin.net >> 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 >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > 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
