Gersti,

I had my '80 300SD engine steam cleaned after a trip to AK. On the ride home from the cleaning the engine ran terrible. It was like a gasoline engine with a bad set of points if any of you guys can remember that.

Next day the engine ran perfect and has so ever since. I think it just dried out from the heat under the hood. Even though it is an older Diesel there are some electronic engine controls.

Thus I suspect your electronic engine controls are getting water in them which causes them to malfunction. Your engine has many times the electronic controls that mine has so it easy to understand how water could affect engine operation.

AH for the old days when the Diesels engines didn't know what an electron was.

P E H