Dimitri. I have the socket for the valves on a 60x injection pump. Yours if you want it. Fred.
On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 12:41 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < [email protected]> wrote: > I did the delivery valve seals on my '84 190D and IIRC the injection pump > seemed louder after doing the job than before. Also as I remember (and it's > been probably 10+ years) that noise declined over time. > > I'd throw a bottle of motor oil or ATF into the fuel tank and run the car > a little to see what happens. I wonder if maybe the leaking delivery valves > get quieter because of some looseness and the tightening of them makes them > louder. > > Almost 20 years ago I paid a "trusted mechanic" to replace dv seals on my > '85 190D. At some point he shifted one of the valves which then caused the > engine to try to run away. He had to bring in a specialist to get it right > again. I ended up paying him something like $1000 on a like $200 job. > That's why I did it myself on the '84 190D. Its not a hard job, but you > need to go slow and keep your wits about you... > > That was when I decided "Why pay somebody to screw up something I can > screw up perfectly well myself?" > > -Curt > > > On Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 08:12:21 PM EDT, Dimitri Seretakis via > Mercedes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > To keep things less confusing, I’m asking this question separately from > the idling issue which Kaleb identified as the voltage overload relay. > > So I took my car to the shop three weeks ago in order to fix a broken > lower ball joint- stupid Boston potholes. They ended up rebuilding the > whole front suspension- replaced lower control arms, shocks etc. Car drives > great now. > While it was there I asked them to replace the delivery valve seals and > washers since I just don’t have time to do it. Now the car makes a nailing > noise at idle. They say it could be the injectors. I’m wondering if they > screwed up the delivery valve job. It is actually a very good shop so I > don’t want to just jump to conclusions of incompetence because they really > are a very competent and exceptional shop. > > 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
