HI,
I've been searching info for a while now and I seem to have three different scenarios
150K on it. Running great up to a definitive point where it stalled once.
I drove it the rest of the day and in the morning I had to start it 30 times until it caught.
I thought glow plugs being they had never been changed and had the local garage do it. that day.... and the glow plug module, only to find out they were not capable of diagnosing the problem. Here's what I got going on.
(Ill leave off the part about the dodge dealership and Mercedes dealership and be glad im only out 500 bucks for no info. )
My 3 scenarios as of this week driving it every day for at least 50-100 miles a day
1st starts up and runs great 25% of the time
2nd starts up and stalls, then I start it 5-15 times till it stays running and its smells rich and
runs rough and will barely have the power to move till I feather the gas pedal, it surges a bit till I can get the rpm's up and turbo kicks in lightly smoking in the beginning to a thick cloud runs smooth up to highway speeds and after a few times i'm good to go.
3rd starts up and stays running ( usually engine is warm for this one ... I think) no smoke, smooth running engine, takes a while to get up to speed but I can run it over 60 mph but turbo never kicks in.
observations, seems best when outside temp is hot
on cool days its tougher but also noted one cool day it started right up and ran great
no engine light
I'm off to change the fuel filter now as I noticed it looks pretty old.
I've been searching info for a while now and I seem to have three different scenarios
150K on it. Running great up to a definitive point where it stalled once.
I drove it the rest of the day and in the morning I had to start it 30 times until it caught.
I thought glow plugs being they had never been changed and had the local garage do it. that day.... and the glow plug module, only to find out they were not capable of diagnosing the problem. Here's what I got going on.
(Ill leave off the part about the dodge dealership and Mercedes dealership and be glad im only out 500 bucks for no info. )
My 3 scenarios as of this week driving it every day for at least 50-100 miles a day
1st starts up and runs great 25% of the time
2nd starts up and stalls, then I start it 5-15 times till it stays running and its smells rich and
runs rough and will barely have the power to move till I feather the gas pedal, it surges a bit till I can get the rpm's up and turbo kicks in lightly smoking in the beginning to a thick cloud runs smooth up to highway speeds and after a few times i'm good to go.
3rd starts up and stays running ( usually engine is warm for this one ... I think) no smoke, smooth running engine, takes a while to get up to speed but I can run it over 60 mph but turbo never kicks in.
observations, seems best when outside temp is hot
on cool days its tougher but also noted one cool day it started right up and ran great
no engine light
I'm off to change the fuel filter now as I noticed it looks pretty old.