Hi Guys,

I finished up some regular maintenance on my 87 300sdl the other day.

Oil Filter, oil change
trans fluid, trans filter
both fuel filters.

I got all the parts from diesel giant, they seem good quality.

I had it parked outside for a couple of days on a very slightly uphill street, so if I took the handbrake off it might almost start to roll backwards.

When I try and start it, it comes to life for about a second and then I have to turn it over for a couple of minutes. It's exactly like the start I have to do right after I change the fuel filters to get fuel going again.Once I get it going it's fine, and starts fine as long as I don't leave it in the same place overnight.

I'd like to fix whatever it is before I kill my new battery.

I don't see any really obvious signs of a diesel leak inside the engine compartment, is it possible that air is getting in the fuel lines somehow?

Cheers


Andrew

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1987 300SDL 172k

Leaking dv on the IP I think. Search around this is a common problem.

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