You know that when he was running for president it apparently became
quite a joke in the Arab world, supposedly because "Dole" in arabic
means "penis."
-FT
On 10/4/19 12:18 PM, Don Snook via Mercedes wrote:
I have taken to calling my new to me 123 "Bob Dole" It has to be said quickly
like the old Senator used to do when he referred to himself in the third person. The
reason for the possible name is
1. It is funny
2. I lived in Kansas for 17 years
3. The car is yellow (sort of) like a Dole Banana. ( I suppose I could
call it Chiquita)
Anyway, I took some advice from listers combined with the stuff from Kent
(Mercedes Source) and tried a few things last night. I did a diesel purge.
Changed fuel filter (secondary big one) and I removed the banjo bolt and
cleaned it out. I am not sure why but I thought the banjo bolt was bigger.
It was definitely dirty. The little hole in the bolt was clogged up black
thick stuff. I did the oil cap blow by test. The cap danced a little. But,
not much. I was watching a video from Kent where he proposes an old diesel
cleanse. He takes vegetable oil and adds a little liquid moly oil supplement
and runs the car from an external tank and uses the whole gallon of vegetable
oil. It did seem to improve the smoothness and he claimed it could help with
blowby. I'm sure it can't hurt. I am going to try it later.
BUT, doing the diesel purge and cleaning out banjo bolt made a BIG difference.
Yes, it is still a slow diesel. But, it seemed a lot faster. I think the
vacuum modulator on the transmission might need to be addressed. The shifts
are very smooth. In fact, they may be so smooth I can't feel the second one.
It feels like it might be starting in second and then it shifts pretty early
and then I don't feel the next shift at all. I drove it to work today. SO,
at lunch I will try again to see if I can determine where the shifts occur.
Donald H. Snook
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