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Jaypee's 300td Merc - Unbearingable.. 23/07/21.


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The next course of dinner is in..

 

I buy it de-watered but need to filter it myself.

 

Hoping to get it over to the veg production facility tonight.

 

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215 miles in on this tank and showing just above 1/2 (when the gauge works!) Hoping that means some mpg Improvement..

 

I'm down in London most of this week with work/short break with the Burd so it'll likely be w/c 14th before I have any mpg to report.

 

I've also received a shipping note for the filters -should be here shortly.

 

Now to find a source of cheap 10w40 (or 5w40) to do an oil change. Going to need 8L of it

 

Anyone anywhere suggestions?

eBay 20l of semi about £40, decent specs and not too heavy to decant into engine. Sometimes as cheap as £37 for Vauxhall’s trade stuff. If ECP can do for £30 on offer then obvs go that way.
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Tonight, at an undisclosed location near Baurheid, the Merc met it's Nemesis..

 

THE PIT!

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The Merc fears the pit as it exposes all its weaknesses.

 

The principal task was to stop the exhaust blowing as much.

 

Under I went

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Andy (CMS206/Boaby Fae the clansman) asked what the exhaust was like..

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The news, it was not guid.

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However, I had a plan.

And it was a good plan.

Gungum and Exhaust bandage to the rescue!

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A master* craftsman* at work

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The result?

It's not shitting out veg fumes from all over the shop.

This pic was taken with it running

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And now for the juicy bit..

 

The undergarments.

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It even appeared to have sills after a fashion (as far as could be seen with the sill covers on)

 

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A swift inspection of the front wheels revealed not much of concern (and relatively new springs)

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However the brake discs look tired, so likely get a set plus pads.

 

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Looks tidy enough for the peanut price……… I'd guess an exhaust would be heavy on the wallet n'est-ce-pas?

It does look - from the inner wheel photo - that it's solid disc. No signs of the telltale oblong apertures……..

I wouldn't mind putting another exhaust on it should that be nearly all it needs for an MOT - the prices look reasonable.

 

AYE, looking again at my pic, it does look solid for the money - much better than expected:)

 

The disc does look like it's solid, time to price them up.

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I wouldn't mind putting another exhaust on it should that be nearly all it needs for an MOT - the prices look reasonable.

 

AYE, looking again at my pic, it does look solid for the money - much better than expected:)

 

The disc does look like it's solid, time to price them up.

 

They're not expensive, I've got discs and pads for one of mine sat on the shelf waiting for me to fit, and I seem to remember it all came in at less than £100.00

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They're not expensive, I've got discs and pads for one of mine sat on the shelf waiting for me to fit, and I seem to remember it all came in at less than £100.00

Yeah they don't look expensive.

 

In other news, this has only gone and started to

 

Start/stop off the key :)

 

So far, I have bought a new ignition switch - old one fixed itself

 

Bought a new stop valve, old one fixed itself

 

Total actual maintenance cost so far is £8 for gungum and an exhaust bandage.

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You've not met Dome have you?

 

Right tools? Nae chance;)

 

To be fair, it was a long time ago and the correct disc type compressors were a lot more expensive than they are now. 
I don't tend to shy away from spending money on the right tools, as you'll find out when the Clios timing belt is due ;) 
It was all part of the learning curve which means my toolbox is a lot bigger now than it was then!
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Only just spotted this thread.

 

An S210 Dizzler is every kind of win, especially being an OM603.. they are superb in every way. ((edit: I meant S124.))

 

Your fuel economy sounds about right, especially allowing for it running cold. I run an S210 Turbodizzler, which is the 24-valve OM606, and even if I try to drive it gently and economically, I get low-mid thirties out of it. I think once I managed 36mpg (particularly noteworthy, as that works out as 8 miles per litre) If it gets used for general farting about, towing or short journeys, that can drop to 25mpg no problem at all. It's been as low as 22mpg (again, noteworthy as that's 5 miles/litre) but only the once, and only because I was doing 3-mile journeys with a cold-start at each end.

 

You have to remember at all times that this is a 3-litre 6-cylinder engine, driving a large heavy car through a slushbox with no converter lockup. It is *never* going to be economic. I have heard stories of the smaller E250 dizzler (OM602) with a manual gearbox, in the lighter saloon body being able to do mid-40's MPG, with some claims of 50 on a run. I can't imagine how slow you would have to drive to get that kind of economy.

 

Regarding Veg in this engine.. As you run stiffer and stiffer mixes of veg, and/or the ambient temperature gets colder and colder, you'll find the starting gets more difficult. Your video a few pages back showed a lovely start, so you could run a fair bit more veg, or be able to cope with lower temperatures at whatever that mix was. Once up to temperature these will happily run 100%, so if you had a particularly long journey to do, you can start the car and then fill it up with 100% SVO, drive to your destination and then glug some pump diesel into the tank for the inevitable cold-start the next day. I've done exactly this when driving to scotland before (IE using a whole tank of fuel in one go), and the engine really was very smooth and quiet on 100%. Didn't even seem to lose any power either, although it can be hard to tell through a slushbox.

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Sorry, yes, I meant an S124... mine may be an S210, but I alway think the S124 was a far better styled vehicle. The S210 has too many curves and shapes in it. The S124 looks much more "stately".

 

The story about a turbo not fitting due to the RHD steering box is absolutely true. Looking at a LHD OM603 turbo model, the exhaust pipe is precicely where the steering box is on a RHD 124. It's still true in many ways on the 210, as immediately after the turbo outlet, there's a massive wiggle in the pipe to avoid the steering columm, and a huge heat-shield to avoid melting the rubber coupling. I think the RHD OM606 turbo models were rated a few HP lower than LHD ones too, as the wiggle is a bit restrictive.

 

I have heard of people retro-fitting the OM606 turbo engine (and the later 5g-tronic gearbox) into a 124 shell. Apparently it's mostly bolt-out-bolt-in with the major enginering issue being the exhaust. Lots of work, and 606 engines are beginning to get a bit expensive as they are really rather sought after by various people: tuneable up to very big power figures without massive work. The bottom end is apparently good for 350hp, and with some internal changes they can push over 500hp.

 

The last of the well-engineered mercedes diesels. The CDi inline-6 engines that follwed are a lot more fragile. Although 200hp from factory, they have almost zero capability to be increased. The diesel V6 that followed is just as bad.

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Has that fuel pipe been greased/oiled up or is it leaking fuel? Seems odd someone would grease just the one. Those dry SLS and fuel pipes would enjoy a bit of grease, they might live to see another few winters.

I was confused by that.

 

The damp line is on the driver's side of the car.

 

I'd have thought fuel lines would have been on the LHS as that's the side the pump is on?

 

It doesn't drop fuel, no obvious air ingress.

 

The SLS suspension will likely get removed and standard dampers fitted if it gets to the MOT.

 

previous owner said it just pissed SLS fluid out when he filled the reservoir.

Unlikely I'll be interested in paying 1.5x cost of the car for 2x new rear levelling damper units.

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