I have adjusted the valves. I set the intakes for 0.005 instead of 0.004 because I didn't have the proper feeler gauge. None of them were particularly tight. It still idles rougher cold than I would like.
The car seems to make good power even with a bit of blowby. I wonder about the valve guides. I did overheat it one time when my monovalve was leaking and it ran low on coolant. But that was at least 70,000 miles ago. I'll do a compression test and then maybe a leak down. Since the tranny change it also has this weird tap-tap-tapping sound every time the engine oscillates. Maybe it's an engine shock, but it sure sounds like it comes from the transmission. Maybe it's normal. I'll ask the Sun Valley guy. On the whole I am probably inventing problems, but I don't like to own stuff that isn't well maintained, and I have lived with the car long enough to know what it should sound like. So little changes get my attention. If it isn't going to be in excellent shape, it isn't staying in the driveway. I did break down and order the factory skid plate to catch the oil drip from where the air cleaner drain goes into the pan. Seems easier than fixing that leak. I suppose if the O-ring from the air cleaner into the drain tube is loose, the turbo can suck dirty air in there? What a system. Karl On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I'm having mine done since the car starts a little harder than it should, > idles a little rough and gets a little worse mileage. It gets a little better > with a tank of bio diesel. > No setting valves on an OM601 if it were a 61x I'd start there. > > *Curt* > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android> > From:"Karl Wittnebel" <atypical...@gmail.com> > Date:Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 5:04 PM > > Subject:Re: [MBZ] Best aftermarket injector nozzles > > I have a couple of questions: > > 1. How do you guys know it is time to rebuild your injectors? Is this just > a seat of the pants type thing? Engine knock? Preventive at a certain > mileage? Just doing it for fun? > > 2. If you are ordering new injectors, of whatever brand, is Mark just > balancing the pop off pressures? Otherwise they should not need > "rebuilding", right? > > 3. Who is Mark, and where can I find him? > > 4. Off topic, but how can one check the flex plate in a 1985 w123 300tdt? > It makes a rather annoying sound like someone hitting a steel plate with a > small ball peen hammer at cold idle, about 1.5 times per second. The car > idles around 900 or less I think. Noise comes out of transmission when I > crawl under there. I have heard the bolts holding the torque converter can > come loose and make that sound, but I cannot see them through the > inspection hole. If it is not loose torque converter bolts then perhaps it > is an injector. It seems to go away nearly completely by the time I finish > my 7 mile urban commute each way. > > Thanks, > Karl > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Ahh good fun, I don't remember if I mentioned but I ordered Bosio, >> $118.60 for a set of 4. Since we're both using Mark for our rebuilder maybe >> we can get him to compare. >> >> Interestingly after you had recommended Mark I'd mentioned to a >> Peachparts member about needing injectors redone and he said "oh theres a >> guy on Peachparts" who turned out to be Mark... >> >> -Curt >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Meade Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> To: Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 7:35 PM >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Best aftermarket injector nozzles >> >> >> Ordered the Monark nozzles today from Germany, $180 for six. >> >> I'm going to hold on to the old Bosch nozzles, look for another set at the >> knackers, between them I'll probably be able to put together a good set to >> have ready to rotate in after another couple hundred thousand miles. >> >> Going to do some before/after acceleration testing to establish a baseline >> for comparison. >> >> >> >> >> Max Dillon, >> Charleston SC >> _______________________________________ >> http://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 >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. 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