You did not say if the problem went away after your car was compeltly warmed up or not.
Since the problem was posted before you might already have tried the suggestion. Hook up your fuel inlet hose to a container of regular diesel fuel and drive it around and see if the problem changes; better or worse. If the problem goes away you have some problem from the fuel tank up to where your removed the fuel inlet hose or possibly with your fuel.
An air leak in your fuel system could cause some of the problems.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

D911,

"Once the car is fully warm, it's fairly unnoticable, maybe just a slightly hard idle at stoplights."


Thanks for the suggestion, I will see what I can do. I just don't want it to be the timing chain....

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JBG
1985 TD wagon, 228k
running on grease since 3.07
AUSTIN, TEXAS

sounds like air in the fuel line to me. On second thought, a head gasket leak also has these symptoms, ie goes away when hot. So watch out for any loss of coolant. Thats your clue. Or do a coolant system pressure check.

You will forever be thankful you replaced or rekeyed the timing chain if that hasn't been done. Its like getting a complete new engine for just a $100 so That and opening the ALDA a tad (free) are the way to get a turbodiesel to run properly. '85 was a good year for the wagons!

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'95 E320 Wagon my favorite road car. '99 E300D wolf in sheeps body, '87 300D Sportline suspension, '79 300TD w/ 617.952 engine at 367,750 and counting!