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I know this is an old thread, but I have this same car and its awesome to drive but it does have some problems.
The lift pump goes bad and can give you a loss of power, the fuel strainer in the tank can get all clogged up with algae and other crap.
The smoking described is from bad injectors, the cheap aftermarket injectors don’t last and go out of calibration after about six months. You can buy a kit with Monarch spray tips from Mercedessource along with a pop tester to do your own work, its kinda expensive unless you plan to do injectors often.
Cam followers go bad and give a knocking sound when idling, this is very common.
There are two types of Turbos and these need worked on every 100K to clean out the carbon, replace the bushings & seals. The impeller wheel, shaft and compressor wheel also wear down making less boost. The Garrett model has parts available, the KKK model is very hard to get service parts and is very expensive to replace.
Be advised, you can never get this engine hot because the head will crack and cost a fortune to repair.
Good luck with your Mercedes Diesel, it may be hard to work on but its one awesome car to drive.
I know this is an old thread, but I have this same car and its awesome to drive but it does have some problems.
The lift pump goes bad and can give you a loss of power, the fuel strainer in the tank can get all clogged up with algae and other crap.
The smoking described is from bad injectors, the cheap aftermarket injectors don’t last and go out of calibration after about six months. You can buy a kit with Monarch spray tips from Mercedessource along with a pop tester to do your own work, its kinda expensive unless you plan to do injectors often.
Cam followers go bad and give a knocking sound when idling, this is very common.
There are two types of Turbos and these need worked on every 100K to clean out the carbon, replace the bushings & seals. The impeller wheel, shaft and compressor wheel also wear down making less boost. The Garrett model has parts available, the KKK model is very hard to get service parts and is very expensive to replace.
Be advised, you can never get this engine hot because the head will crack and cost a fortune to repair.
Good luck with your Mercedes Diesel, it may be hard to work on but its one awesome car to drive.
[quote=”dollman0″ post=73380]I know this is an old thread, but I have this same car and its awesome to drive but it does have some problems.
The lift pump goes bad and can give you a loss of power, the fuel strainer in the tank can get all clogged up with algae and other crap.
The smoking described is from bad injectors, the cheap aftermarket injectors don’t last and go out of calibration after about six months. You can buy a kit with Monarch spray tips from Mercedessource along with a pop tester to do your own work, its kinda expensive unless you plan to do injectors often.
Cam followers go bad and give a knocking sound when idling, this is very common.
There are two types of Turbos and these need worked on every 100K to clean out the carbon, replace the bushings & seals. The impeller wheel, shaft and compressor wheel also wear down making less boost. The Garrett model has parts available, the KKK model is very hard to get service parts and is very expensive to replace.
Be advised, you can never get this engine hot because the head will crack and cost a fortune to repair.
Good luck with your Mercedes Diesel, it may be hard to work on but its one awesome car to drive.
http://youtu.be/G3pLa-fncbE%5B/quote%5D
Awesome man. Thanks for the additional input!
[quote=”dollman0″ post=73380]I know this is an old thread, but I have this same car and its awesome to drive but it does have some problems.
The lift pump goes bad and can give you a loss of power, the fuel strainer in the tank can get all clogged up with algae and other crap.
The smoking described is from bad injectors, the cheap aftermarket injectors don’t last and go out of calibration after about six months. You can buy a kit with Monarch spray tips from Mercedessource along with a pop tester to do your own work, its kinda expensive unless you plan to do injectors often.
Cam followers go bad and give a knocking sound when idling, this is very common.
There are two types of Turbos and these need worked on every 100K to clean out the carbon, replace the bushings & seals. The impeller wheel, shaft and compressor wheel also wear down making less boost. The Garrett model has parts available, the KKK model is very hard to get service parts and is very expensive to replace.
Be advised, you can never get this engine hot because the head will crack and cost a fortune to repair.
Good luck with your Mercedes Diesel, it may be hard to work on but its one awesome car to drive.
http://youtu.be/G3pLa-fncbE%5B/quote%5D
Awesome man. Thanks for the additional input!
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