Re: the blocking air flow part of the discussion - I once saw a very funny video on youtoob when some one lost a rag down the turbo - but of course "I can't find it now" (as is often the case with that site).

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Well, got it together and all re-sealed. Started it up and got a little grey exhaust smoke for a couple of seconds and a bit of rough idle, but she settled right down and smoothed out. Revved it a bit (not past 2000 rpm just in case) in idle and she seems to be behaving. I'll check the oil level today and take her out on the road to see how she acts.

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2012 Mercedes ML350 Bluetec 102K (hers)
2005 Corvette 55K (fun car)
2002 VW Jetta TDI 238K (mine)
1998 Volvo S70 T5 Turbo 211K (kids)
1994 Ford F150 4WD 246K (firewood hauler)
1983 Mercedes 300D 384K (diesel commuter)

Good luck! Hope that you've fixed it.

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

Well after 2 - 10 mile runs it seems to be behaving, however, as I was pulling into my driveway, I saw a trail of oil behind me. Getting out, the whole underside was coated with oil, and the driveway looked like a semi had puked about a gallon of oil.

An hour later, after cleaning up as much of the oil underneath the car with a pressure washer, I found the source of the leak......the tube that connects to the bottom of the air cleaner and goes back to the oil pan had become disconnected at the pan. Bottom line........what a huge mess! I lost about a quart of oil, and most of it ended up all over the bottom of the car and in a trail on my driveway.

The leak at the car is fixed, but my wife is really pissed about our asphalt drive way. We got it sealed last fall, but it is gonna be awhile before the oil trail wears off....

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2012 Mercedes ML350 Bluetec 102K (hers)
2005 Corvette 55K (fun car)
2002 VW Jetta TDI 238K (mine)
1998 Volvo S70 T5 Turbo 211K (kids)
1994 Ford F150 4WD 246K (firewood hauler)
1983 Mercedes 300D 384K (diesel commuter)

Hah! Reminds me of the old V-series Detroit Diesel engines. We called them "rag eaters" due to their propensity to suck a shop rag right out of your pocket when running.

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