It's been a long journey with trying to diagnos my 2005 non starting sprinter. We finally did a compression test after throwing an embarrassingly high number of parts at the fuel system, and all cylinders are coming back under 200psi. The van is currently sitting at a dealership in the Bay Area awaiting a possible tow to a place where I can eventually piece it out for sale unless there's something else I can do to fix it.
Questions:
Any suggestions on next steps for determining exactly what this motor needs?
The van has been sitting dead for 5 months, is it possible to get an accurate compression test after that?
Some of what we did/ found:
Replaced battery
Replaced fuel filter
Replaced glow plugs
Replaced injection pump
Replaced fuel rail
Replaced 1, 5 injectors along with one of the hard lines
We pulled the #1 and #5 injectors and found rust on the injector tips.
Low compression across all cylinders (I'll get the exact numbers).
Questions:
Any suggestions on next steps for determining exactly what this motor needs?
The van has been sitting dead for 5 months, is it possible to get an accurate compression test after that?
Some of what we did/ found:
Replaced battery
Replaced fuel filter
Replaced glow plugs
Replaced injection pump
Replaced fuel rail
Replaced 1, 5 injectors along with one of the hard lines
We pulled the #1 and #5 injectors and found rust on the injector tips.
Low compression across all cylinders (I'll get the exact numbers).