It was the name of the SDL (R.I.P.) when it was poisoning the neighborhood! You can read the story about that car in the thread in my signature.

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Current stable:
1995 E320 157K (Nancy)
1983 500SL 125K (SLoL)

Gone but not forgotten:
1986 300SDL (RIP)
1991 350SD
1991 560SEL
1990 560SEL
1986 500SEL Euro (Rusted to nothing at 47K!)

Gone and wanting to forget:
1985 524TD 167K (TotalDumpster™) [Definitely NOT a Benz]

Enjoyable account of your journey, keep popping back but got the gist - it's a bit of a unique club that we are in lol,

In relation to the fueling, s there anyway to dial back the volume of fuel at idle ?

Cheers

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David


1996 Mercedes S124 E300TD - 129k - rolling restoration project -

1998 Mercedes W210 300TD - 118k (assimilated into above vehicle)

Is that not just turning down your idle speed?

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1981 240D 4sp manual. Ivory White.

After the new DV's went in the diesel clacking was quite loud, this is made worse by the stainless exhaust which echoes the note throughout the car - its happened before, then disappearing after a while.

Quiet a few people have posted similar experiences including one that only started clacking after glow plugs cut out, this is the same as mine - another poster commented it was the GPs helping to burn excess fuel, hence noise returns after they close out.

Emissions test Tuesday

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David


1996 Mercedes S124 E300TD - 129k - rolling restoration project -

1998 Mercedes W210 300TD - 118k (assimilated into above vehicle)

Passed with flying colours, testers couldn't figure out why it was smoking but not showing up on test equipment.



....long live sunflower oil..

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David


1996 Mercedes S124 E300TD - 129k - rolling restoration project -

1998 Mercedes W210 300TD - 118k (assimilated into above vehicle)

Engine starting to settle down now with less over fueling, clatter - I guess switching out one set of delivery valve holders from another pump is not such a great idea after all, that said if you can put up with diesel clacking for a while the extra power makes up for it.

On the subject of wobble in case anyone is looking for other solutions, came across this video highlighting the crank sensor, if you look at the engine while running it too has a distinct 'wobble'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LTN1PlhDOY

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David


1996 Mercedes S124 E300TD - 129k - rolling restoration project -

1998 Mercedes W210 300TD - 118k (assimilated into above vehicle)

Your prose really has me scratching my head.
It's settling down... why is it not such a good idea then?

What part of that video did you even see the engine in the car?

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1981 240D 4sp manual. Ivory White.