Unfortunately, sometimes the fuel delivery person dumps gas in the diesel tank. According to the Bosh rebuilder, gas took out the reman injection pump on my Diesel Ram. Of course, there is no way to prove it or get reimbursed for 2 $1,000 pumps (original & 1st reman), 8 hrs install time or 25 gallons of fuel thrown away. At least the SD pump isn't as finiky as the VP.

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.

Fuel delivery person?

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RIP:
2011 E350 BlueTEC, Schwartz 81k (totaled by uninsured drunk driver)
1964 Unimog 404.1 (wrongfully towed by the city)
1994 E320, Brilliantsilber 208k (transmission shuffled off after sudden catastrophic fluid loss)
1982 300D, Silberblau under a blue repaint 256k (sold for parts)
1995 E320 Polarweiss, 131k (sold for parts)
1995 E300D Polarweiss, 287k (totaled by drunk driver)

Since most of these apply to gas as well as diesel engines;

Never NEVER pour cold water into a hot engine.

Never use non-approved coolant (diesel for diesel, HOAT for Mercedes)

Never put any part of you that you don't want to lose under a jacked car

Never ask your wife's permission to buy parts you don't need

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

to do ANYTHING related to a Mercedes. Just buy flowers or take her to dinner or keep the kids while she goes shopping with the proceeds from your latest Mercedes sale.....

and

then

ask for forgiveness!!!! Works at my house.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
No longer selling Cluster Needles Paint
No longer selling New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

okto,
Fuel delivery person ~ some of us have bulk fuel tanks & when the tanker comes to fill you up, best you be there so he doesnt mix things up.

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

I wouldn't call any charger based on a transformer a good charger... good ones in my mind are the electronic ones with current and at least two or three stage voltage control... that generally cost at least $250 for a 20 amp charger. But, I come from the solar industry, where we can't disconnect the battery while it's being charged, because that would take out power to someone's house... so we use charges that don't fry anything sensitive also connected to the battery.

Always maintain that your Mercedes' are economy cars, especially since many of them are over a decade or two in age - and that you can spend more on them on average, because the amount is made up for in fuel savings, and not driving a newer, most costly car.

This can work too when at the Harley-Davidson store, by calling her and stating that the salesman said I can double the mileage per mile driven by buying a Harley. So buying one saves gas money.

Eventually, you will get to the point to where you are saving so much money, you can't afford to save any more than you are already are.

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'06 E320 CDI
'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

Never buy a diesel and think it will run forever without maintenance and a lot of attention

Never believe a car ad that says:"Diesel engine with $320K miles and 300k+ to go. Engine just broken in and will run forever.....it will even run on Pee!"

Other non-diesel related:
Never use wheel bolts other than the correct "ball seated" ones

Never open the hood "half way" and NOT expect to bang your head on the grill.

It always takes three time longer than you tell your wife it will take to fix something.....it's true!

It will always cost three time more than you estimate it will cost, but you won't tell your wife that.

If you see a few rust bubble, expect a big hole under the paint as you dig away..... and 10 other areas of rust you didn't expect.

Lastly, NEVER ask a question on the forum unless you at least TRY to use the search function (sorry-off topic )

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1987 300TD 147,000 miles- Palomino leather interior, 1995 facelift and body cladding, E350 wheels, Rebuilt suspension and sport springs, rebuilt turbo, New Monarch injection pump and injectors....and the list goes on and on...

for new members

Never mess with the timing, IE, don't take off the top timing chain gear and rotate it to correct for the timing marks being off... For other newbies here, this engine is an interference engine and doing so will result in at least a broken cam, rocker towers, etc depending on what you do right after the first step (like hit the key)..

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Ha, a costly lesson. I'm not so naive at this point.

My two cents? If you have an automatic climate control (from any year), never assume it will work 100% right for you. I've had to replace a ton of stuff on mine and I just found I have to replace something else! As luck would have it, I'll get everything fixed and multiple vacuum diaphragms will decide to poop the bed.

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Never be ashamed to ask for help.

1985 300D
1987 300SDL
1970 Jaguar E-Type OTS
2002 Dodge Intrepid (Traded In)
2011 Ford Crown Victoria

This is a BIG never: Never compress suspension springs with anything other than the proper spring compressor tool.

Never start the car with the instrument cluster removed..."I hear that" the line to the oil pressure gauge can make an awful mess!

Never re-assemble anything without first cleaning and lubricating (in a few cases, locktite may be an appropriate substitute for lubricant...e.g. brake caliper bolts, etc.)

Never remove the cam without first removing the spacer between the timing sprocket and the first cam tower....again "I hear that" the spacer can drop down into the timing chain compartment!

Never have a shop install wheel lug bolts, unless you confirm that you can actually remove them by hand with a lug wrench before you leave the shop (in my experience, shop-installed lug bolts will invariably be WAY, WAY TOO TIGHT!!!)

Happy Holidays,

Mark

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1984 300TD Wagon, 407,800 mi (current daily driver)
1985 300DT Sedan, 330,000 mi (gone to that great autobahn in the sky)

Never use the crevice between the front dress panel and the radiator as a tool storage tray and x2 if you plan to start the engine while working.

And certainly not if, like me, you then lean on the end of a screwdriver, flipping it over and into the fan, whereupon it comes flying back out (business end first, of course) about a half inch from your right eye.

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

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

Ive done this, ive never been so pissed with myself..lol

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1987 300D(Erma)- #14 head, 193k
2003 TDI Beetle sold
1985 300sd sold
1987 300D(Ursala)- #14 head, 157k when sold
1987 300D(Wilbur)- #14head, 356,000+miles, sold after 7 days of owning it.
1992mercedes 300d- totaled and in a junk yard somewhere..
1983 mercedes 300sd- scrapped
1980 mercedes 300sd first mercedes diesel-sold

Never drive away with the block heater cord still plugged in.

Never wear nice clothing and think you can get away with adjusting, checking, or fixing something on a diesel without getting a black oil spot on you somewhere.

Never try to pass someone on a grade on a two-lane road in a non-turbocharged diesel.

Never drive without an intact and properly maintained Mercedes hood star.

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1976 240D "Katja"