and does it come into contact with fuel or just motor oil? Sorry, I have no idea how these things work :-( THANKS! CM
Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose" -1987 300TD, 151K, "Rotkäppchen" -1985 300SD, 212K, "Wulf" -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger" --------------------------------- Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Apr 07 17:10:20 2006 Received: from xproxy.gmail.com ([66.249.82.192]) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FRuTO-0002OP-A3 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:10:18 +0000 Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id t10so338822wxc for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:10:08 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=eLRaV6OrQMXiHySAPjxfqBrXe+eyLo+yEmGc7NmqjKHsraDH65q80uEBVvmRLyl9su4vA4pBU3mWwpxLVFlGZXjwNrSjZ37IgYA6prRBeoQtgHaSEssEbLV1UXSqcKl7pLJFJkdMAXDN644a/Q0tgIKw5vK+NnMUo0z3OhD/XvE= Received: by 10.70.49.2 with SMTP id w2mr2749187wxw; Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:10:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.16.4 with HTTP; Fri, 7 Apr 2006 10:10:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 10:10:07 -0700 From: Zeitgeist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] is there rubber in the injection pump? seals? O-rings? X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:10:20 -0000 Other than the delivery valve o-rings, I'm not aware of any rubber seals that come into direct contact with the fuel in an inline MB injection pump. They use engine oil for lubricating the pump internals. On 4/7/06, Christopher McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > and does it come into contact with fuel or just motor oil? Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: "I drive in a persistent vegetative state" '87 300TD intercooler (212k) '84 300D (211k) Gashuffer: '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (187K)