My GF took my 190D turbo to the gas station and forgot to bring it home! ;(It wouldn't start for her and when I had a look, right off the bat it seemed like a fuel issue, so we filled the tank, tried to start it again and nada.

I just got the car and haven't even had a chance to start combing the engine bay for cracked and splitting rubber bits so I went right to the braided injector lines. All of them were in terrible shape and showing diesel so I swapped them with some clear tubing temporarily and gave rolling it over another go. Since the 190D self primes, I thought it would take quite a few rolls but it still wouldn't start. It would catch and sputter, a few pops and then die out, time and time again. A couple of battery jumps later I decided to tow it home and have a proper look in the daylight.

When I turn it over, I can see the clear injector lines and they're staying full of air. They spit a little diesel around but after 20 separate cranking sessions, the lines were all still empty. There are a few bubbles in the pre-filter but there seems to be plenty of diesel for the thing to catch. Prior to this, the thing worked flawlessly even with the cold weather so I'm leaning towards the glow plugs being ok and it possibly being a clogged filter or injector? Also I thought it might be a vac leak on the injection pump disabler? If anyone could help, I'd be muchly obliged ... going out now for another swing at it.

Loosen some or all of the Fuel Injection Line Nuts at the Injectors and see if Fuel is comming out; that also bleeds the Air out of the Lines quickly.

(When Air gets trapped between the Fuel Injection Pump and the Injectors it compresses a lot and moves only a little bit and can kill a Battey tryinging to crank the Air out.)

It is also possible that the Fuel Filters or Fuel Tank Screen are plugged up.

Other possibles is the Fuel Supply/Lift Pump and the Fuel Pressure Relief/Overflow Valve (some have).
Apparently the Disc Valves in the Fuel Supply/Lift Pumps do not have the longivity of the older Models. There is a rebuild kit for them.

Newer Lift Pump Repair with Disc Valves
95 E300D (606.910) Fuel Lift Pump Rebuild Question
606 Fuel/Lift Pump Rebuild
OM606 Fuel Pump Rebuild

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Take off the air filter and while spinning it over, spray some WD-40 in and see it it hits. I know they are supposed to be self-priming, but after changing my fuel filter I didn't get much after cranking. A little WD-40 got her to fire and then things were good again.

Good luck!

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