Please help I'm desperate! So far I've spent 12 hours reading the forums and using the search as well as 6 hours on google looking up what my ALDA is. I found this link:

http://www.mindspring.com/~houlihan/merc/banjo.htm

and tried to clean my banjo bolt. Inadvertantly I tore a hose while trying to get to my SOV. Here are some pics of the damage and other questions:

(BTW I hope no one mines these large photo files I want to be as detailed as possible I know how some forums can be I really don't want to piss anyone off as a noob >_< OH and does anyone have a working link for this site? http://www.meimann.com/images/mercedes/OM603_injection ?)



Here are the pieces I was fiddling with I was trying to follow this guy's instructions

http://www.mindspring.com/~houlihan/merc/banjo.htm

and I was able to clean the "banjo bolt" though it wasn't really tarred up or anything. The problem happened when I did this:

"If you follow the line from the intake manifold and find
a funny looking box on the firewall with vacuum tubes
and electrical wiring running into it.....clean this out as
well. My car doesn't have this "switchover valve" but
this is also a big contributor to performance loss."

This is my SOV right? (and do I have to unmount it to clean it off? Do I clean inside of it?)



I was assuming that to clean this thing I would have to take off the hose like with the banjo bolt but I ended up rupturing the innertube while trying to remove one of the clamps.



argh it's broken! =(

SO the question is, can I go to kragen and get some hose and some sort of connector to attatch it back or do I have to get some sort of specialty hose? If I can buy a part from there, which connector thing do I ask for? Oh and the bonus question:



Is this my alda?


Thanks in advance for any info. Everyone is really informative here, real nice community. I'm just horrible at anything mechanical. If my 300D was a computer I wou'dnt be having any problems haha. Please treat me like I'm 11 years old on this one. My head spins reading the forums but I'm trying because like everyone else here I really <3 my car. I have a couple other minor questions I'll save for later, but for now I can't drive anywhere and just like to make it out tonight (I think?)

SMALLER PICTURES, PLEASE!!!

I might be able to help you if I can see what you've posted.

Sixto
87 300SDL

The hose does look broken. No biggie. You can use regular vacuum hose as long as it's a snug fit. Originally it had a stiff plastic hose with only enough rubber hose for unions.

That's the switchover valve. The bottom nipple should connect to the ALDA.

That's the ALDA.

That's not the original shut-off valve. My replacement shut-off valve is plastic too.

For the link, contact a user who goes by gsxr. That's his website.

BTW, there is no banjo fitting for the boost signal system in an 87 300TD. There's a barbed fitting the screws directly into the manifold, not through a banjo fitting.

Sixto
87 300SDL

You can get the plastic hose from an MB or VW dealer. I don't think they stock color coded hose. The boost signal doesn't care

Sixto
87 300SDL

I just realized... can't I just get one huge piece of tube instead of dealing with three different tubing pieces?

Oh and how the hell do I reach my alda then? My car needs a tweak so bad.

Thanks for the quick reply's, I had no idea I have no Banjo... I'm such a noob >_<

Regular rubber hose will work. It might be a problem when you get to 2 bar

Get two very slim 24mm(?) wrenches and undo the retainer holding the ALDA to the IP. With the ALDA off the car you can tweak the set screw (CCW for more fuel) or add shims between the ALDA and IP like gsxr does.

Sixto
87 300SDL

Welcome to the 124 300D turbo world, that is a miraculous car if its running properly and treated well.
Before you go any further, a Question.
Does your car still have the Trap Oxidizer in the exhaust? It's a football shaped metal can behind the turbo before the exhaust downpipe.
If so, that needs to be removed as they are prone to plugging and the factory will replace it under a warranty recall, actually they will install a CAT device under the car and bypass the Trap.
The symptoms of sluggish engine can also be attributed to a sticky wastegate flapper in the turbo. And a plugged fuel filter.
The hoses are available through Fastlane, you probably need to call Phil and describe the hoses, the clips are necessary to prevent the injector lines from vibrating against each other and the brackets and wearing through, a common problem in this model with the thin metal lines.

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