My son came home in his 81 300D & turned the engine off. It now won't start. I checked the fuel lines.. they seem to be pushing diesel through. It sounds like it is compressing, but no firing. It is in the 60's here.. not real cold so even if the glow plugs were all out at once it should still sputter, shouldn't it?
I've searched the archives at mbz.org, & struggled through the mb manual on a disk but to no avail.. i am not sure where to begin. It seems unlikely a timing chain would have slipped or jumped.. fuel seems to be flowing through the injectors.. I even removed the air filter & tried to spray some diesel directly into the intake manifold. ..still no fire. Any ideas out there? Thanks, everyone for the replies (in advance!).
Scott Wilcox Sedona, Arizona, USA