I recommend you retain a valet whose sole responsibility is to start your extensive fleet on a regular schedule to keep them in fine fettle.
On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 1:30 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < [email protected]> wrote: > I just got it started. It turns out it is an air leak from somewhere. > Question is where? I don’t really have time to troubleshoot that right now > so I’ll just let it be and make sure not to let the car sit. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 27, 2023, at 10:10 AM, OK Don via Mercedes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > That sounds like the classic small air leak in the fuel system, letting > it > > drain while sitting. It will run fine as long as it runs every day, and > you > > will not likely see fuel dripping. Check every inch (centimeter) of the > > lines from the fuel tank to the injection pump. > > > >> On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 8:37 AM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> 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 < > >> [email protected]> 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 < > >>>> [email protected]> 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 < > >>>> [email protected]> 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 > >> > >> > > > > -- > > OK Don > > > > "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you > > are wearing." > > > > "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.” > Werner > > Von Braun > > > > "In science if you know what you are doing you should not be doing it. > > In engineering if you do not know what you are doing you should not be > > doing it." > > -- Richard W. Hamming, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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
