[MBZ] Uh oh, gettin worse

[Curt Raymond]

Hi Marshall,
   
  Thats encouraging. I trust my Indy mostly anyway. He's an ex-dealership mechanic and has been pretty good to me for the last 4 years. From what I understand he hasn't been IN the pump. The reason I took the car in was leaking from around the tubes that go to the injectors. He replaced those and now this. I have nearly no doubt the chowderhead that owned the car before me did something around the IP, else why would the seal fail? Neither of my older (higher mileage) cars had leaks there. Plus this car has already shown a trail of PO dumbness that cannot be ignored.
   
  Anyway its good to know a replacement is reasonably available if needed. Kaleb has traditionally not had any W201 parts, who else should I turn to?
   
  -Curt
   
  Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 15:14:46 -0400
From: Marshall Booth <mbooth+ at pitt.edu>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Uh oh, gettin worse
To: Mercedes Discussion List <Mercedes at striplin.net>
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Injection pump failures are VERY rare. I think there's a chance the man 
working on your car could be VERY dangerous. If he's fiddled with the 
pump and the engine runs worse, he's done things he has NO business 
doing! There is virtually nobody that doesn't have a injection pump 
test 
bench that can repair anything more than delivery valve seals. Pull all 
the lines and crank the engine - about the same quantity of fuel should 
squirt out of each delivery valve.

If there is a problem with the pump, there are working used pumps 
available for $100-$200.

Marshall
-- 
   Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions)
       "der Dieseling Doktor" mbooth at pitt.edu
'87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi, '84 
190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired)


		
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