You need a tune up. On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 2:40 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Just have dumped that pos on me when you had the chance. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jun 1, 2018, at 1:29 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > The other day it was not running well so I parked it. (Recall I had > cleaned the EGR when I got it and it would barely run and then it ran > fine.) Tried to start it a few days later and really did not want to start > at all. It has a coupla bad glow plugs but before it would start just smoke > a bunch. I got a new fuel filter but the one in the car was fine and fuel > looked ok in the bowl so I left it in there. > > > > Today I got it to start after glowing and cranking a few times and it > was running pretty rough at lower RPM like below 3000 but fine over that. > And didn’t want to keep running at idle or up to maybe 2k. > > > > I nursed it along a bit and it was belching smoke like it usually does > at start. It finally started running ok after a few minutes so I let it > idle and the smoke subsided too. (Good against the skeeters though). > Seemed to be running fine and smooth after sitting awhile then but I have > not driven it yet to see how it is on the road. > > > > I’m trying to figure out what this might be. It didn’t have a lot of > fuel in it when I got it so I filled it up. It ran fine for awhile but then > started running poorly. I was thinking bad fuel or clogged filter but > filter looked fine. I don’t know if there is another one like a tank > filter. Doesn’t look like there is a clear one like on the 617 just the > main canister filter. > > > > I guess I’ll keep monitoring it and see what happens and try to think of > other issues. Bad or clogged injectors? Fuel pump? I don’t know enough > about these moderne things to think or look for other simple problems. > > > > Any thoughts welcomed. > > > > --R > > Sent from iPhone > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
