.............a couple of months ago.

"Dear BC":

Under no circumstances should you change delivery valve seals now that I have been sitting without a start for the last five months.................


Like a fool................I ignored this memo.................

Sounds like you are hearing voices in your head.
Best not ignore them.

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

... do you have a good shop vac? just pinch off the return hose, and open the filler neck, and pressurize the tank until good solid fuel is up to the pump...
and charge the battery, and have a good engine start charger to handle all the pumping!

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Too bad it hasn't mastered YouTube yet....

Fuel at the IP is not the issue when delivery valves are changed.

Apparently, a significant amount of air is introduced into the area where the valve resides and doesn't easily want to purge.

Cranking time was estimated to be a total of 150 seconds on six attempts.

The interesting thing is that fuel would appear at the cracked high pressure lines, however, the engine still would not start. The amount of fuel was clearly insufficient as compared to the diluted air.

Once started, it ran very poorly for nearly 15 minutes with significant gray smoke at 1500-2000 rpm. Finally would idle after this period but with significant injector knock and some hunting.

I shut it down, took the SD to NY..............and left it alone to brood.................

nice...
maybe a little alone time is what it needs?

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Like VeeDubTDI says about his SDL... It needs a time out so it can sit and think about what it's done

-J

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.

Mine actually cranked right up a few days back after sitting five months... only started to run the A/C for a while to keep it lubricated. Boy did it smoke like a chimney once it warmed up a bit.

Cannot wait to swap the head and get it back on the road!

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

The awesome 617 does not have such needs or demands. It will sit a year, start, cough, and run fine. No leaky delivery valves.

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'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)