Some additional observations: Insides of manifold and crossover pipe were oily, but there wasn’t much buildup. I didn’t see a lot of value in taking the time to clean them out. I recently capped off the vacuum line to the EGR, too, but I don’t see that affecting the manifold significantly.
The big pressure sender on the manifold was completely plugged up with oily crud. I unplugged it and cleaned it as best I could with solvent. I need to look this up to see what the purpose is. Overpressure, maybe? Disassembled all the linkages, and brother, are there a lot of them(!) and lubed ball joints with ATF. Replaced return hoses with new. At first I was going to reuse the existing hoses, as they were put on the car in March, but as I started to reinstall them I realized that the rubber had already started to harden. I had a meter of new hose ready to go and I’m glad I did. It went on a lot easier than the old hose. Replaced all of the plastic line clips and rubber pads that go below them. Money well spent, as most were brittle and broke upon removal and the rubber pads were rock hard. They’re not expensive, either. Kudos for Jaime for rebuilding my injectors and getting them within pretty tight tolerances. I’m sure that’s the reason why the engine is so smooth. I had some Monarch nozzles shipped to him and he did the assembly and pop testing and calibration. Thanks, Jaime, you rock! Glow plugs didn’t look too bad, but new Bosch glow plugs were only $5/each from Rock Auto, so it just seemed like a good thing to do while I had everything apart. Reaming out the GP bores wasn’t bad - there was only resistance in a couple of them, and they reamed out nicely. I’ve got a nice road trip over to Pinellas County tomorrow morning that will allow me to get things up to speed for a bit and break things in. I’ll report back any observations at that time if I notice anything. Dan _______________________________________ 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
