BTDT.

Many years back I test drove an '85 300sd for sale that had just turned up at the local wrecker. It drove great, motor ran purrfect, etc. Unfortunately when we took it to my buddy's shop, the rust underneath was too much, so I passed on it.

Fast forward three years and I lost the motor in the '83 30sd that I had purchased instead. The yard offered me that engine from the '85, which had been sitting on the lot all that time.

When it arrived at the shop they ran it out of the car and it seemed okay, maybe one sticky injector or so they thought.

Once it was in the car it ran poorly when fully warm. We traced it to the pump. The yard gave me the motor for half price. I lived with it until I sold it on to a friend, who replaced the pump. It now runs great.

Seemed like those three years of sitting killed the pump, or should I say the three years of sitting in whatever was inside the pump, killed it....

I wasn't on this forum back then... had I been, I would have probably tried to replace the pump myself.

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

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