All,
Thanks for answering my question about the air mass sensor.
Please remember that the car is at a shop about 30 miles from my house, and it is hard for me to get to the shop before they close, so the only thing I can do is take the advise given here and relay it to them. Likewise, when I relay information to you, I can only relay what I have been told. If the mechanic disagrees with my(and your) recommendations, I cant force him to do anything until I get the car in my posession. (that is coming soon).
Right now, I dont have the liberty to walk out the back door and try everything that is suggested. Please try to keep that in mind when you make suggestion and condescending remarks to yourself. I have seen some comments that I dont appreciate, but I intend to ignore them.
The pressure coming out of the IP is about 4lbs. I, and a friend of mine(who and is a level 1 master mechanic for BMW and has 30 experience rebuilding engines) had the valve cover off, and actually saw watched each cylinder, and the valves. We determined that the problem is not internal to the engine. The mechanic, and several other people dont believe that the problem is internal to the engine. I also have several years of experience working on cars and was ASE certified in engine repair about 30 years ago. I stopped by the shop this afternoon after they were closed, and rubbed my finger in the exhaust pipe. There was a lot of dry soot, so I am guessing that the mechanic sees dry black soot, and not oil coming out the exhaust. I havent requested them to do a compression test because the engine is being starved of fuel.
That is the problem. My intent on opening this post is to see if I can get some assistance finding out why no fuel is coming out of the IP. Even after the IP was changed.
There is a connector on the top of the IP that has 3 wires going it. The car is definitely an 87 300D with a 603 engine. I have been told that it is the original engine, and has not been replaced. It is also a 124 body.
The problem is that fuel is not getting through the IP. That is why it died going down the road, and that is why it is not starting.
One person (outside this forum that the Crank Sensor may be the issue. He told me the specifics, but I dont remember everything he said, and for fear of putting inaccurate information, I dont think I will elaborate.)
Can someone please tell me if the crank sensor could prevent the engine from getting fuel, and dying on the road, and not starting?