Thanks Fred. I might take you up on that generous offer. Meanwhile, I’m noticing a few more things. First of all, the lever was in the up position this morning but the car still would not start although it seems like it’s closer to starting. After cranking unsuccessfully, and turning the ignition off, I noticed that the lever was back in the down position and when I would turn the ignition back on and it would pop up and stay up while cranking. Once the ignition was turned off the lever would fall back down. I’m not sure what this means. I haven’t heard anything from my friends and relatives in Greece!
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 26, 2023, at 11:06 PM, Frederick Moir via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Dimitri, Dwight. > FWIW. > If the lever is down the rack is in the shutoff position and will not > supply fuel at all. > The vacuum shut-off device could be stuck, maybe? (I have a spare). > The pump side plate, when removed, will let you access the rack. > I have an OM602 injection pump with 90k mi. that you may have. > Confused yet? > Fred > p.s. I hope your relatives in Greece are ok and not threatened by the > wildfires. > >> On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 9:52 PM Dwight Giles via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> wish I could help you Dimitri but it never got a chance to sit as it was a >> daily driver. worth checking the IP. >> >> On Wed, Jul 26, 2023, 9:43 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> The 1990 300D 2.5 Turbo has been sitting for 5 days and now it won’t >>> start. It glows just fine so I think it’s a fuel issue. The injector pump >>> shut off lever is in the depressed position. That doesn’t seem right. I >> can >>> pull it up but it just flops back down. If I hold it up while someone >> else >>> cranks it still won’t start. After many cranking attempts it almost >> started >>> a few times but I was afraid to drain the battery or kill the starter so >> I >>> stopped. Not sure what’s going on. It actually did this to me a couple of >>> months ago after the car sat for a month while I sorted the relay ground >>> issue but it eventually did start. So it seems like when the car sits it >>> develops this problem. Maybe it’s an air leak at the injection pump? >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > > -- > Fred Moir > Lynn MA > Diesel preferred > _______________________________________ > 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
