Re: [MBZ] Bad fuel leak.

2023-12-10 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
I’m sure it is! Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 10, 2023, at 5:31 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > It’s child’s play compared to pulling a 642 intake. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 10, 2023, at 3:43 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> Great news! So

Re: [MBZ] Bad fuel leak.

2023-12-10 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
It’s child’s play compared to pulling a 642 intake. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 10, 2023, at 3:43 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > Great news! So hopefully pulling the intake manifold wasn’t as bad as > originally thought? I think I did one of these a while back, and while >

Re: [MBZ] Bad fuel leak.

2023-12-10 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Even better! -D > On Dec 10, 2023, at 5:00 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes > wrote: > > I was able to do it without pulling the intake manifold! > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 10, 2023, at 4:43 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> Great news! So hopefully pulling the

Re: [MBZ] Bad fuel leak.

2023-12-10 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
I was able to do it without pulling the intake manifold! Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 10, 2023, at 4:43 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > Great news! So hopefully pulling the intake manifold wasn’t as bad as > originally thought? I think I did one of these a while back, and while

Re: [MBZ] Bad fuel leak.

2023-12-10 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
nice. thank you Fred. On Sun, Dec 10, 2023, 4:40 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Thanks to Fred, I got the car fixed. The line was sheared right under the > flare nut. Fred gave me a new line and clips and other related goodies! Now > I can head back to

Re: [MBZ] Bad fuel leak.

2023-12-10 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Great news! So hopefully pulling the intake manifold wasn’t as bad as originally thought? I think I did one of these a while back, and while time-consuming, it wasn’t difficult. -D > On Dec 10, 2023, at 4:40 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes > wrote: > > Thanks to Fred, I got the car

Re: [MBZ] Bad fuel leak.

2023-12-10 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
Thanks to Fred, I got the car fixed. The line was sheared right under the flare nut. Fred gave me a new line and clips and other related goodies! Now I can head back to Bawstun. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 6, 2023, at 9:13 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote: > > Thanks Fred. I would be interested

Re: [MBZ] Bad fuel leak.

2023-12-06 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
Thanks Fred. I would be interested actually! I’ll let you know tomorrow once I confirm that the line is bad. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 6, 2023, at 8:39 PM, Frederick Moir via Mercedes > wrote: > > Dimitri. > If you need a #4 injection tube, I have one from a 6 cylinder set. Pro bono. >

Re: [MBZ] Bad fuel leak.

2023-12-06 Thread Frederick Moir via Mercedes
Dimitri. If you need a #4 injection tube, I have one from a 6 cylinder set. Pro bono. Also, There are a few plastic clips too. Lemmee know. Fred. On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 7:32 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I removed the manifold a couple of years ago to

Re: [MBZ] Bad fuel leak.

2023-12-06 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
I removed the manifold a couple of years ago to replace glow plugs and it was not a fun job! Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 6, 2023, at 7:21 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > > Almost certainly a cracked line. Not a terrible job but IIRC the intake > manifold has to come off. > > It kinda doesn't

Re: [MBZ] Bad fuel leak.

2023-12-06 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Almost certainly a cracked line. Not a terrible job but IIRC the intake manifold has to come off. It kinda doesn't matter where it cracked, if its under the nut the line still has to be replaced, I seem to remember its just a flare... -Curt On Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 04:20:32 PM EST,

Re: [MBZ] Bad fuel leak.

2023-12-06 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
Ok thank you. I’ll remove the nut tomorrow to confirm. Do you know if I have to remove the intake manifold in order to access it? That would not be fun. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 6, 2023, at 5:26 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > You have a line that has cracked right under

Re: [MBZ] Bad fuel leak.

2023-12-06 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
You have a line that has cracked right under the nut. This usually happens when the line clips are missing. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 6, 2023, at 3:20 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes > wrote: > > I was driving the 90 300D 2.5 up to Maine from Boston today and noticed a > loss of

[MBZ] Bad fuel leak.

2023-12-06 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
I was driving the 90 300D 2.5 up to Maine from Boston today and noticed a loss of power. I pulled over, opened the hood and noticed a very large leak at the nut where the fuel line enters the #4 injector. I tightened the nut but that did not help at all. I took a chance and drove the car the