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03-11-2007, 01:23 PM
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Injector return lines bite the dust..
Well it looks like ULSD killed the injector return lines on the SDL over the winter. Today I popped the hood for the first time in many months, and sure enough they were all wet. They were dry in October. The return line on injector number 5 failed completly and made a bit of a mess, oh well.
The surprising part is that I replaced these lines in 2004/5, I'll have to check my service records. They are also the updated black ones. Yet the probably original fadded yellow return lines on the SD are still as dry as can be, go figure.  Such is life, off to the dealer tomarrow for some new ones.
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03-11-2007, 01:26 PM
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Same thing happened on both of mine shortly after the introduction of ULSD.
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1977 300d 70k--sold 08 1985 300TD 185k+ 1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03 1985 409d 65k--sold 06 1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car 1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11 1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper 1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4 1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13
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03-11-2007, 06:24 PM
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Yah, me too. I noticed a puddle under the 85 240 and when I looked under the hood, fuel was RUNNING out of the broken return line on # 3 (the worst too get to
 ), I had just fueled up and driven home.
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03-11-2007, 06:47 PM
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I started to carry an extra meter of them with me, along with filters just in case.
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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.  '85 300SD 245k '87 300SDL 251k '90 300SEL 326k Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford. Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]
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#5
03-11-2007, 06:50 PM
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Mine are still good. No leaking and they have not hardened.
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03-11-2007, 06:52 PM
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Well I've replaced allot of "weeping"return line but I've never had it "running" out. I wonder how much fuel I lost on the 4 mile drive home from the gas station
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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K 1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild 1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K 1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor 2014 Kubota L3800 tractor 1964 VW bug "Lifes too short to drive a boring car"
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#7
03-11-2007, 08:16 PM
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Grease Works sells an injector line kit for $29.00
http://www.greaseworks.org/index.php?module=pncommerce&func=itemview&ItemID=120
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03-11-2007, 11:25 PM
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Heck with that I'm not spending $30! I wonder what the dealer will charge me, man I havn't bought much lately so I don't get as many freebie's.
 I'll replace the currant set and keep an eye on them, hopefully the new ones last longer.
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03-12-2007, 12:47 AM
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Quote:
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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later! -German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.
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