FL car = never driven in snow. On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 7:26 PM Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 40mpg? Does it have ICE COLD AIR also? Best I have ever seen with one > of these is about 32. > > On 2/25/2019 6:23 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > > Oldest son texts me this afternoon: “Car is leaking fuel bad, only when > running. I’m going to pull it in the garage and have a look.” > > > > Hmm. He’s had a fuel leak that we haven’t been able to pinpoint for a > long time, but it’s always been pretty small. He still gets between 30-40 > mpg. > > > > So I get home, change into my grubbies, and glove up. I look all over > that thing and I can’t find anything obvious. Start the car and fuel is > pouring out from between the injection pump and engine, but we can’t see > into this area from either above or below. I notice the supply hose from > the filter assembly seems really soft and spongy. I’m thinking it’s got a > crack in it, but we can only see to the fuel heater, which on the OM6076 is > in a weird place on the head under the intake manifold runners for > cylinders one and two. You can’t see a darned thing. > > > > I call my dealer and ask my parts gal about the availability of fuel > heater. “None in the country, nearly 300 in Germany.” > > > > That’s a tell, a really big one. It told me that these things never get > replaced or there would be some inventory in the US parts depots. Hmm. > > > > Off comes the crossover pipe. Can’t see any better. Off comes the intake > manifold. > > > > The spongy hose? It had been connected to the banjo fitting on the side > of the injection pump, but was barely hanging on. It was bent into a 90 > degree elbow with no slack at the turn, and the banjo fitting was pointing > down. There was a clamp on the hose but it was run down so tight that it > was bottomed out. > > > > I broke the banjo fitting loose a bit and rotated it around so we could > get at the clamp. The hose was torn where it was bent into a 90. Great. To > add to the fun, it was clearly not diesel rated hose, and had broken down > badly. I wonder how much schmutz from the inside of the hose got into the > engine… > > > > Anyway, we got the clamp and hose off, replaced it with the proper stuff > and new clamps, put everything back together and that was it. Total time > maybe 90 minutes if that. As an added bonus, we were able to take advantage > of taking things apart and get the plastic cover that Karl was so kind to > sell me installed. Nice. > > > > The cars must communicate, as my wagon failed its water pump on Sunday. > Despite the rash of issues, the finnie ran flawlessly to and from work > today. Old Faithful, no doubt. > > > > -D > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.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
