PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - View Single Post - Looking for suggestions on fouled glowplugs-98 E300TD

vstech · #4 02-09-2011, 05:23 PM

november wreck, fuel from there... your area of the country should have been using winter fuel already. if you are worried, you could pour in the recommended amount of white power service winter fuel treatment. as stated above, missing and smoking at first start up cold, could be several things. I'd go ahead and change the oil while it's in your garage. let the car sit with clean oil in the sump for the 4 months! dirty oil, especially oil that's sat in a garage after a wreck... likely has acid in it. I'd dump it, and fill with the preferred diesel rated oil. start the motor for a few seconds to let the oil fill the filter, and pump out all the old oil from the bearings etc... then let THAT sit for 4 months.