VIN is 107 044. So it is a US car.

I oiled the cams up today, and put in a new set of NGK plugs. It started for a second then died, it was running on the fogging oil in the cylinders.

When cranking it makes nearly 45psi of oil pressure, which I imagine is a good sign.

However it does not run, I popped the plugs out and they are bone dry. I gather I am not getting fuel, I am off to work now though and don't have time to try to diagnose more.

The good things are it isn't locked up and it is sparking because it did run briefly.


Also, a guy walking by who claims he used to work for MB said these motors go through timing chain tensioners, and my original post mentions I notice so slack in my chain, but no obvious wear. Is it possible I need a tensioner? Where is it on the car? People talking about them online seem to make it sound easy to get to, but I can't find a photo.

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