grrr, no 5 injector end plug and the return line were leaking, apparently for some time as fuel dripped all over the block on the driver's side and stinks like mad...

replaced the lines with MB return line so it's not leaking anymore but how to clean/get rid of the fuel ? i have a power wash place i could sneak into at night
and use... could that be a solution? any recommendations to use cleaners beforehand on it or? any thoughts welcome.

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1984 300D Turbo - 231k....totalled 11/30/07 RIP

just get some brake kleen or similar product and spray that s.o.b. down.

steam cleaning will work too but way more $$$$

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1980 500SE/AMG Euro
1981 500SEL Euro
1982 380SEL
1983 300TD
1983 500SEC/AMG Euro
1984 500SEC
1984 300TD Euro
1986 190E 2.3-16
1986 190E 2.3
1987 300D
1997 C36 AMG
2003 C320T 4matic

past: 1969 280SE 4.5 | 1978 240D | 1978 300D | 1981 300SD | 1981 300SD | 1982 300CD | 1983 300CD | 1983 300SD | 1983 380SEC | 1984 300D | 1984 300D | 1984 300TD | 1984 500SEL | 1984 300SD | 1985 300D | 1986 300E | 1986 560SEL | 1986 560SEL/Carat | 1987 560SEC | 1991 300D 2.5 | 2006 R350

Never powerwash a hot IP.
Internal clearances are too close to risk rapid expansion/contraction.

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Think Alternative Energy!
300CD '80 (now gone but not forgotten...)

you mean you don't love the smell of diesel?????

sniffffffffffffffffffff..............ahh!

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1980 500SE/AMG Euro
1981 500SEL Euro
1982 380SEL
1983 300TD
1983 500SEC/AMG Euro
1984 500SEC
1984 300TD Euro
1986 190E 2.3-16
1986 190E 2.3
1987 300D
1997 C36 AMG
2003 C320T 4matic

past: 1969 280SE 4.5 | 1978 240D | 1978 300D | 1981 300SD | 1981 300SD | 1982 300CD | 1983 300CD | 1983 300SD | 1983 380SEC | 1984 300D | 1984 300D | 1984 300TD | 1984 500SEL | 1984 300SD | 1985 300D | 1986 300E | 1986 560SEL | 1986 560SEL/Carat | 1987 560SEC | 1991 300D 2.5 | 2006 R350

But spraying a hot engine is fun. All that steam is fun to watch!!

Sadly enough I have known people who have said exactly that and have caused damage to various components.

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Adam Lumsden
(83) 300D
Vice-President of the MBCA International Stars Section

I'd like to wash my engine down soon, and I don't want to damage anything, would spraying down the engine (warm) with the heated water at a self serve power wash (they're heated here so they don't freeze), cause problems? The water is quite warm when you spray it. Mainly I want to get all the salt residue and other stuff off of the engine, its got salt spray all over the place. I may just take my good o'l bucket of hot water here and splash it over everything a few times, that'd get the salt off. Plus the engine wouldn't be warm.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Good ole engine cleaner at the carwash. Your engine will always be hot when you drive to one. Never been a problem except the distributer of my '67 Camaro. Doesn't like water ON the hood, much less under it. In 13 years I've never driven it in the rain, so I don't know if it would be finicky then.

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

heh, i don't mind so much but SWMBO crinkled her nose up ...


thanks for all the suggestions.

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1984 300D Turbo - 231k....totalled 11/30/07 RIP

If you are concerned about temperature shock damaging something, if the engine is hot, then let it idle while you spray it down.

The thermo shock damage results when you shut off the engine and use cold water on hot components.

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Sam

84 300SD 350K+ miles ( Blue Belle )

Use some of that engine cleaner like the Gunk foamy engine brite. It works just OK for cleaning deposits, but it does dissolve & loosen fuel, so after you hose off you should be pretty clean. then start up and dry off

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'82 300SD - 361K mi - "Blue"

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

listen, look, .........and duck.

When I replaced my leaking return lines, the next day (after 150 miles) there was no smell. It gets hot enough in there to evaporate it pretty fast.

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1984 300Sd 210k

Former cars:
1984 300D 445k (!!) (Strider) Original (and not rebuilt) engine and transmission. Currently running on V80 ( 80% vegetable oil, 20% petroleum products). Actually not, taking a WVO break.
1993 300d 2.5 275k. Current 120/day commuter
1981 300SD 188k (Hans) Killed by a deer