When your car starts having less power. The first time I experienced it with my 83' 300D, the top speed on the highway dropped to around 65mph, and trying to climb hills was at a significantly reduced speed.
Levi On 11/13/06, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So, how am I to tell when the filter becomes restricted? Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Marshall Booth Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 1:21 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fuel filter changes Jim Cathey wrote: >> I have been changing fuel filters in line and canister every 10,000 >> miles. >> Manual says every 37K on a 1979 240D >> Is this over kill or extra insurance. shoul I scale back? The groups >> thoughts please. > > I think the manual is closer to right than you are on this one. > Unless you are having problems with clogging filters. I change the filters whenever they become restricted. That is seldom less than 30kmi and could be as long as 75kmi. But it only takes one bad batch of fuel to clog up a filter! Marshall -- _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
