From: owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net (diesel-benz-digest) To: diesel-benz-digest-at-krusty-motorsports.com Subject: diesel-benz-digest V1 #125 Reply-To: diesel-benz-at-digest.net Sender: owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Errors-To: owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Precedence: bulk diesel-benz-digest Sunday, April 18 1999 Volume 01 : Number 125 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles John Meister Digest Coordinator Contents: subscribers RE: valve seal replacement RE: valve seal replacement Re: diesel-benz-digest V1 #124 Re: diesel-benz-digest V1 #124 RE: valve seal replacement Diesel Benz Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/diesel-benz/ Send submissions to diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Send administrative requests to diesel-benz-digest-request-at-digest.net To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a message to stag-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 22:28:03 -0700 From: john Subject: subscribers subscriptions as of April 16, 1999: ===================================== xj - 99 fsj - 101 diesel-benz - 75 =========== 275 john ------------------------------------------------- john-at-wagoneers.com - http://www.wagoneers.com/ Snohomish, WA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold... ------------------------------------------------- http://www.wagoneers.com/DieselBenz/diesel-benz-list.html (81 300D) http://www.virtual-cafe.com/~john/JEEP/FSJ-list.html (plans...) http://www.virtual-cafe.com/~john/JEEP/XJ-list.html (88 xj wagoneer) ------------------------------------------------- jesus, don't leave life without him... ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 07:08:37 -0700 From: "David Masinick" Subject: RE: valve seal replacement Hi John, I'll have to dig for it, but I read somewhere that valve seals are rarely a problem on the diesel engines. I can't give you anything more right now, but I will take a look in the archives of the that list for mention of this, and for some other suggestions. Dave > I've kind of come to the concussion that Fritz needs > valve seals... ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 07:53:19 -0700 From: "David Masinick" Subject: RE: valve seal replacement John, Per my previous post, I found a thread about timing chain stretch causing this smoking at low-rpm. If you happen to have your cam-cover off while you're reading this, line up the timing mark on your cam, and check to see how far it is retarded. A guy with 8 degrees of slop cured this problem with a new chain. The chain check and replacce procedures should be duck-soup for you. Why does this work, you ask? Well, the injection pump timing changes with RPM, so at higher engine speeds, you are getting more complete combustion. At low speed, the injection is happening too late to get a complete burn. Is the smoke definitely "crankcase oil", or could it be unburned diesel fumes? Checking the chain stretch is cheaper than $425. Dave Masinick Hopkinton, NH '82 300D MBCA ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 02:48:43 +0200 From: "jaguar-at-poweronline.net" Subject: Re: diesel-benz-digest V1 #124 Hi John, > transients in the system... I'm glad that Mercedes doesn't build > airplanes... (or do they???? ) :) YES, they DO!!! The company - he only competitor of Boeing for big commercial passenger planes - is called _DaimlerChrysler Aerospace_ and manufactures the _Airbus_ planes. More info at http://www.dasa.com/dasa/index_e.htm Greetings from Germany where the Airbus A320 comes from Juergen `82 240D being sorry for owner to have spelled _life_ _live_ in the last post ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 18:04:44 -0700 From: john Subject: Re: diesel-benz-digest V1 #124 next thing you're gonna tell me is the French are involved... :) I need to get that bumper sticker: "If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going." :) (I worked at Boeing for 11 years, circuit design, flight controls & avionics, then s/w development... ;) john At 02:48 AM 4/18/99 +0200, jaguar-at-poweronline.net wrote: >Hi John, > >> transients in the system... I'm glad that Mercedes doesn't build >> airplanes... (or do they???? ) :) >YES, they DO!!! >The company - he only competitor of Boeing for >big commercial passenger planes - is called >_DaimlerChrysler Aerospace_ and manufactures the >_Airbus_ planes. More info at >http://www.dasa.com/dasa/index_e.htm > > >Greetings from Germany where the Airbus A320 comes from > >Juergen > >`82 240D being sorry for owner to have spelled _life_ >_live_ in the last post > - ----------------------------------------------------- john-at-virtual-cafe.com http://www.wagoneers.com http://www.virtual-cafe.com/~john http://www.wagoneers.com/book-info.html jesus, don't leave life without him, please! Snohomish, WA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold... - ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 00:11:10 -0700 From: john Subject: RE: valve seal replacement it's definetly blue smoke. the engine tested real clean for emissions, very low opacity... Even at max throttle and top speed I never see Diesel smoke, or oil smoke... just every now and then from a stop sign or when I turn a corner. I should be able to do it myself... will have to anyways, I spent all my money on a new Contax Aria today, and while trading in both of the Contax 137 bodies I picked up a used RTS body to replace the one we sold a few years ago... My wife really missed that RTS. She couldn't figure the 137 out and I didn't like the quality of exposures I was getting with it... I had traded in my 167 to get the 137's... Only have two Zeiss lenses... gonna have to do more of my own wrenching to save up for more... :) Been wrenching on the Jeepster Commando all day... making some progress, have to emissions test it on Monday... john At 07:53 AM 4/17/99 -0700, David Masinick wrote: >John, > >Per my previous post, I found a thread about timing chain stretch >causing this smoking at low-rpm. If you happen to have your cam-cover >off while you're reading this, line up the timing mark on your cam, and >check to see how far it is retarded. A guy with 8 degrees of slop cured >this problem with a new chain. The chain check and replacce procedures >should be duck-soup for you. > >Why does this work, you ask? Well, the injection pump timing changes >with RPM, so at higher engine speeds, you are getting more complete >combustion. At low speed, the injection is happening too late to get a >complete burn. > >Is the smoke definitely "crankcase oil", or could it be unburned diesel >fumes? > >Checking the chain stretch is cheaper than $425. > >Dave Masinick Hopkinton, NH >'82 300D MBCA > > > > > > - ----------------------------------------------------- john-at-virtual-cafe.com http://www.wagoneers.com http://www.virtual-cafe.com/~john http://www.wagoneers.com/book-info.html jesus, don't leave life without him, please! Snohomish, WA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold... - ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #125 *********************************