So today on the way home on the highway, i started to loose power and it started to shake, i looked at my gas gauge and i saw it was half full, as i was pull over i begin to ponder on what could be wrong, Head gasket failure? Loss of compression? A hole in the block? Broken FLEX DISK!?!? Turbo Failure? Blown oil cooler line!?!?!?! So when i came to a stop 3 of the 5 cylinders were running, i quickly Shut it off and pop the hood and inspect, I saw no smoke (big relieve) No large oil spots. I was stumped until i saw the primary fuel filter was BONE DRY. The first thing came in mind is walk 5 miles to get 1 gallon of diesel, that was a great idea!!! Then i realized i had a Quart of transmission fluid in the trunk and 5 Quarts of Motor oil, i remember you can run it W/O problems for a shot period, so when i opened the trunk i immediately saw DIESEL KLEEN!!! At first i was SO HAPPY, but then i realized what would happen if i ran this straight, will it ruin some thing, in desperation i poured in half a Quart of it and primed my car, and stared it up, AND IT RAN!!!!!! But it was shaky, i quickly drove my 300SD to the closest diesel station which was 3 miles, When i got there i was running on 2 cylinders, I quickly swtich off the car and fill it up with diesel, give a good priming and drove home. What should i do after this incident, crack each injector line and bleed it? Its running fine. As far as gas sender unit i need to open it up and check if its stuck.

WHAT A DAY LOL

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Current Garage
2008 Mercedes GL320 CDI 188k mi Repair/Work in progress
1994 S350 160k mi Garage Queen & prepping for repairs
2005 E320 CDI 203k mi Healthy & Daily Driver
1994 S350 357k mi Retried as parts car
1984 300TD 214k mi Blown OM617 Poss OM603 Swap??

Sold
1987 300SDL 200K+
1994 S320 181K mi
2008 E320 Bluetec 127k mi
1999 S420 130K mi
1980 240D 360k mi
15+ Others that has come, stay and gone

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
1995 E320 SE 220k mi
1984 300SD 350k mi

Lucky man. If your sender is measuring gas, I'm surprised it registered anything.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I always go by miles....and don't trust the gauge.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

You can walk to the nearest Supermarket and buy a can of Canola Oil.

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Not MBZ nor A/C trained professional but a die-hard DIY and green engineer. Use the info at your own peril. Picked up 2 Infractions because of disagreements. NOW reversed.

W124 Keyless remote, PM for details. http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/mercedes-used-parts-sale-wanted/334620-fs-w124-chasis-keyless-remote-%2450-shipped.html

1 X 2006 CDI
1 x 87 300SDL
1 x 87 300D
1 x 87 300TDT wagon
1 x 83 300D
1 x 84 190D ( 5 sp ) - All R134 converted + keyless entry.

The nearest supermarket was 10 MILES, that is even WORST!!!! That's it i am keeping 2 bottel of diesel kleen and a small can of diesel!!!! just in case

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Current Garage
2008 Mercedes GL320 CDI 188k mi Repair/Work in progress
1994 S350 160k mi Garage Queen & prepping for repairs
2005 E320 CDI 203k mi Healthy & Daily Driver
1994 S350 357k mi Retried as parts car
1984 300TD 214k mi Blown OM617 Poss OM603 Swap??

Sold
1987 300SDL 200K+
1994 S320 181K mi
2008 E320 Bluetec 127k mi
1999 S420 130K mi
1980 240D 360k mi
15+ Others that has come, stay and gone

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
1995 E320 SE 220k mi
1984 300SD 350k mi

In an opposite issue, this past weekend while camping, it rained like no tomorrow for about 10 hours, so we were unable to get our camp fire going that evening. I had some shop towels in my trunk, so I soaked three towels in diesel from under the hood of the car. (Pulled cigar hose, pumped the primer a few times) Placed the waded ball of fuel-rags in the center of the wood for the camp fire, got it lit, and it burned hot and strong for about 15 mins, long enough to dry out a lot of the wood and get our fire going. We were then able to dry out all the other wood using the fire. Success! It brought me diesel-driving bragging rights.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

no need i think you learned the lesson.

Gasoline has be know to start some pretty good fires too. The same could have been done with a gaser; but with less safety.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

The only thing left to do is replace the stuff from your trunk that you used as emergency fuel.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

Getting the hoses off is not so easy on a gasser....and its way more dangerous, and there is no primer pump to conveniently pump some fuel onto a rag.

Most gasser fuel lines are fittings, not just a hose on barb clamped....= way more difficult in the first place.


Gas burns too fast too, and the vapors would be an explosion hazard.

Diesel is the only safe and awesome solution. (or kerosene)

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

same thing happened to my 240D on the highway, worked great above 1/2 tank and hardly at all below - replaced primary and secondary filters and voila

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1992 850i 6 speed
1991 M3 S54B32 swap
2007 328iT/6 RWD sport wagon
1987 325E 330iZHP engine swap
2004 Vespa 200GT
1976 W115 240D getting a much bigger engine. 5.5L
1997 R129 SL600 5AT

One nice thing about the returned fuel system on our cars is that if we run across a fellow dieseler who's out of fuel, we can pull the 6' of fuel line out of the trunk, remove the cigar hose, replace it with the fuel line, start our engines and pump a few gallons over to get her on her way.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

why do i get the feeling youve done that before

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Current
2006 E320 CDI, 57K bought at 67K "Liesl"
1986 190E 2.3-16, 198K bought at 56K "Brigitta"
1987 300TD (Chuggin Along), 292K "Friedrich"
1995 E320 Wagon, 200K "Louisa"

Past
1987 300SDL, (sold) 125K, bought for 1$ "Kurt"

Was it D2? I tried that with B100 and it was a b*tch to light even with a MAP gas torch! I was using it to light my BBQ
I guess maybe soaking a rag instead or putting it on the charcoal might have worked... It sure did smell good though once it caught

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Current
Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

Same thing happen to me last week,returning from SC back to Philly,I ran out also.The only thing I had was an QT of 15w/40w oil ,it did the job started up and got me to the gas stationIll always will have an qt of something,in the back for just in case.