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Old 01-25-2010, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Basstrip View Post
I have a 92 300SD, recently I started to smell diesel fuel fumes inside the cabin.
I look around the fuel lines on the injectors (hard lines and return lines), lines are completed dry. Also around the the IP and filter.
Every thing looks ok, there was a small wet spot at the bottom of the plastic fuel filter, there is a part that I don't know what it is (pic is below) I clean and check all the lines around it for cracks, every thing was in good shape.
I need to follow the line from the filter to the gas tank.
Can I see the gas tank from the trunk by removing the carpet?
I don't want to remove stuff if I don't need to.
Thank you guys again.
That aluminum unit with the plastic elbow is the fuel pre-heater.
It is common for the O-ring and plastic elbow to go bad, sometimes corrosion eats the housing where the O-ring seals.

MB# 601 070 02 82

6010700282 Fuel Thermostat
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=204763

Diesel fuel thermostat repair kit, huge application list
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=235091





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