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cold starting problems / IP start of delivery on '84 300D
OK, I think I'm on the right path here to fix my cold start problems. I tried to adjust the start of delivery with the drip method but I could not find a spot where I would get 1 droplet per second. I put everything back together and now it ran like crap. I probably moved the IP to far away from the engine (retarded it). Next I moved it all the way towards the engine and WOW: the next morning it started at 27F without the block heater. Before it sometimes wouldn't start below 30F even when it was plugged in. It still needs two or three minutes of "playing with the gas pedal" before it stays running by itself, though, and that's the question: If I pull the IP out and "jump" one tooth and then advance it even more, what could possibly happen? Would this solve the problem or create new ones? Any other ideas?
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Make sure to check your chain stretch. If the pump was that far retarded it might be a lot. Try to also acertain why the drip test did not function for you. Read what is available.
At the moment I am not sure why it did not. I guess if you could not reach the slow drip point it would be signifigant. Yet you indicate it was well back in the adjustment slot when you stopped trying to adjust your pump. All your forward movement beyond the original position the pump was in was just to make up for the stretch of the chain I think. Do not ignore it as it may be really excessive. If that proves so and you land up changing the chain all should work out well. You will have to borrow or buy a dial gauge and stand if you do not own one to check it. Harbour freights cheapie is acceptable for this. If the chain turns out to have acceptable stretch you can go back to completing the drip test. You might land up moving the pump by a front spline movement. One chain tooth would be too great a movement. Last edited by barry123400; 02-04-2007 at 07:24 PM. |
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I went strictly by the book (Haynes) and double checked everything. The chain has been replaced about 10k miles ago. I have to add that the car never started right when cold, even before the new chain. So, I think I can't blame my mechanic who did it, he just put everything together the way it was. The screw up (I don't think it's chain stretch) must have happened a long time ago.
I was thinking of pulling the IP out a little, turning it away from the engine and then just put it back in, hoping to jump exactly one spline (?) to give me more room to advance it. I was not planning on jumping the chain one tooth (?), sorry for the confusion, but English is my second language. Thanks a lot for your input; now I have to wait until the temps are back in the 20's. It's just too f*ckin' cold to work on the car right now...
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Part of changing the old chain out 10k ago was to retime or at least check the pump timing. In that your mechanic might have failed you. You are right as sometime before the new chain was installed. Perhaps the pump was moved one spline to get a drip timing position with a really stretched chain. It could have happened. I was just concerned for you having a badly stretched chain in there right now causing your problem. Glad at least that was not so. The injection pump timing and chain stretch should be checked including the chain guides on every new to us 123 or 126 we bring home. The results of not doing it can be loss of the engine or poor running/starting efficiency. That of course does not apply if you know from the past owner all these things were kept on top of or records to indicate it was done exist. Last edited by barry123400; 02-05-2007 at 12:21 PM. |
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The engine was at exactly 24 deg. BTDC, all vacuum lines to the IP disconnected, throttle linkage fixed at full throttle with a piece of wire and fuel valve taken out of #1 element. Did I miss something? However, I observed much better but still far from perfect "starting behavior" (still won't start below 20F) after I gave up with the drip tube and advanced the IP all the way.
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This problem you are describing is the exact same I am currently experiencing. Have to be WOT to get the car warmed up. Once it is car runs just fine. I plan on timing my pump in a few more weeks.
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