What Bob said - fill the fuel filter with Diesel, then I cracked loose the injector lines at the injectors - crank till fuel comes out at the lines, tighten them up and it should run. YMMV ...
On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 1:20 PM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Just so we are clear, I did fill the fresh filter with clean, fresh diesel > fuel before I put it back on. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 1, 2021, at 12:15 PM, Bob Rentfro <azbob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > So I changed the spin on fuel filter in my W124 today. I’m showing the > old girl a little bit of love after sitting for pretty much a year. I have > to start driving it back out to the old nuke plant next week. I changed the > spin on fuel filter and I suddenly realize there’s no priming pump like on > W123s So I tried to start it after topping off the oil and tightening > everything up, ran for about three seconds and died. And then I remembered > I change the fuel filter. So what’s the trick? I’ve never done this on a > W124 before. > > > > Bob R > > > > Sent from my 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 > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ 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
