one bad glow plug+any temp below freezing=long morning.
fixed one plug and now no prob so far into about 10deg range.

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1984 300D turbo 155k

www.interactivepainmanagement.com

frozen veggie oil

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michael cole 1980 300SD gone now but not forgotten,87tdt,90 300te 4matic 95 e320 wagon

No, but it's standing straight up in the air though....LOL

All the start failures I have had over the years can be attributed to a few things.

300SD
Dead glow plugs
To cold
Ran it out of fuel. In my defence I didn't know the guage was mess up.

Knock on wood the SDL has always fired right up when I turned the key, now that I said that of course...

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

anyone say IP timing way off?

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Closing the store
Benzbonz.biz on your smart phone or tablet.

Pete B started his 617 a few years back with the timing 180 degrees out. It ran!!!

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

my driveway is sloped so that when you park the nose is down.

back when i had three kids driving my cars there were at least three times when they came in and said the car wouldn't start and i found out the tank was empty.

just enough to get home but with the hill not enough to start it up again.

it made me laugh and remember the bill cosby line about running out of gas starting up the car.

(well i probably didn't laugh right away!)

tom w

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I have found these cars start okay even with the IP timing off, unless the IP is bad.

They start okay, but they do not run very well.

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1985 300SD "Sady" 235k miles
Wont Start for Anything!

subtle....

one reason i can think of is a hole in the side of the engine thats a real big clue something is going on...