I have found that even when doing routine filter changes, I have to prime and then crank much longer to get fuel up to the injectors on my '85 (fed) than on any other Mercedes diesel I have owned.

When I started looking around at old posts, I found that many other people seem to have the no-fueling issue with '85 OM617s after doing anything related to the fuel system. In your case it doesn't even seem you did fuel system work.

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

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