Yeah, the one time I tried the DIY injector rebuild didn't go so well. Lapping the injector halves was the worst. It was probably a week before I could get the taste of diesel out of my mouth.
-D Sent from my iPad > On Mar 21, 2017, at 10:36 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I had some free time tonight, so I decided to clean up the two fouled > injectors (that had been run without heat shields) and put that whole set > back in while I wait for Mark to properly set the injectors with the new > Monark nozzles. > > I'm not very good at cleaning injectors apparently, the engine ran pretty > badly once I got them all in and the lines bled. I ran a can of diesel > purge through the car straight, that helped immensely, and then went for a > test drive. The idle is not as smooth as it used to be, but the knocking > is about 95% gone. I'll run these injectors for a few days and then swap > them out with the Monark nozzle injectors later this week. > > I've also got fuel leaking from between the two halves of the nozzle holder > body on #1 injector. I'd need more practice and better tools before I'd be > any good at injector work. > ------------- > Max > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
