I thought the MB battery was more expensive. I'm not planning on $40, but $70 sounds more reasonable.
Yeah, I've got M1 in there. I mean it WAS turning over just fine over the last few weeks with even colder temps. Just seems odd that it picks today to suddenly have significantly less power. I'm leaning with the dead cell theory at this point. I was originally wondering about the gelling fuel, but it turns out my fuel was fine I just didn't have enough of it in the tank to reach the pickup when it was inclined slightly. Yeah, she's been starting pretty good, but lack of electricity and fuel make it pretty hard to start. (: Levi On 12/6/06, Werner Fehlauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Levi - if you won't go $100 (with the club discount) for a M-B battery at the dealer, then the oft recommended batteries for our Diesels is the Interstate brand, and particularly the Optima (more expensive, but reportedly last a lot longer) Red Top. Looking for reliable service in a Diesel, from a $40 battery is wishful thinking, IMO. If the current battery is more than 4 years old, it is questionable that it will perform adequately. Remember that a Diesel not only requires lots of Amps to do the glow cycle, but that the engine itself draws a lot of current because of a compression ratio that is twice that of gassers. You are using Mobil 1/Delvac 1, of course?? Werner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Levi Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <Mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 7:18 AM Subject: [MBZ] Fun in the cold this morning > So... as of last night I was thinking "well it's supposed to be around > 15F > this morning so I'll see how my 83' 300D handles that temp". Woke up this > morning and it was 25F, Pff, no problem. > Well... Something funky seemingly with the battery... It ran the glow > plugs fine, but barely turned over the engine. OK, get the charger... > Try > to start. Get some almost starting, but not quite. > So... after a good while of monkeying I found out: > A) The battery charger seemed to think that the battery was about full, > yet > it would barely turn the engine over on it's own. (Have I got some issue > where my battery still has voltage, but has lost it's amps?) > > B) My fuel gauge has only ever read lower than normal, but apparently the > sputtering I dealt with last night on the side of the road for a few > minutes > was because I was down to about a gallon of fuel and while sitting in the > driveway with the left side lower there was effectively no fuel. Had to > borrow a couple gallons of kerosene from the farm and prime for a while. > > I filled her up with diesel this morning and she started fine after that. > We'll see how she does this afternoon. Of course it's supposed to be up > to > around 40F or higher by then. > > I'm just surprised, this battery has yet to show any problems (other than > when the dog turns on the hazard lights for a few hours and I then try to > start it) and it showed no problems yesterday at 20F a couple times. But > this morning it suddenly loses amps? (I'm assuming the battery charger is > looking at voltage and that the voltage must be fairly high if it's > showing > as pretty much full...) > > Ahh well... If the battery IS the problem, seems like someone said that > Wal-mart had a 1000Amp battery that was a direct replacement? Anyone have > the model number? Or somewhere else where I could get a reasonably priced > GOOD battery? i.e. I don't want to pay 3 times as much for the same > battery > that says "Mercedes" on it and I don't want to get a 350amp battery.... > > Thanks! > Levi (: _______________________________________ 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
