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My 300SD engine stalled yesterday and will not start

I got stranded on the road yesterday and had to have the car towed. At first I thought that I ran out of fuel because the symptoms were very similar. I added several gallons of diesel to the fuel tank to no avail. The engine barely started, then immediately after started running very rough and stalled. It would not start again. At home (after having the car towed there) I changed both fuel filters, disconnected the line at the fuel tank strainer and the fuel came gushing out, so no problem there. I used the hand primer pump to prime the system, tried to start the car - no luck.

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Will not power past 75 mph! Slight loss of power uphill.

Hello, I have a 1984 300sd with 230,000 miles. Did alot of work to it, thanks to Mercedes Source. Anyway, did valve adjustment, compression test (pressure max out close to 400). Changed injector nozzles to Bosios. Engine does not knock and is a bit smoother and responsive. Problem: pedal to the floor on highway and will not get past 75 mph?! Sometimes loss of power up hill. Have not changed the fuel lines from the tank. Is this the possible culprit? Thanks, RP.

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Replace/Rebuild Inj Pump?

I've recently replaced the nozzles with your kit for my 300CD non turbo. The car ran great for two days, then it quit in a big way. I've replaced the filters,lift pump, bled the air out of the system and can now only get her started with the fast idle turned up. Lots of smoke, I mean LOTS of smoke and when the temp starts to come up and I turn the idle down she dies. She'll restart with the idle turned back up, and still all the smoke. I'm getting ready to pull the Injection Pump to have it gone through, or is there something that I'm missing?

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Diesel starting problems - cont.

My daughter has her 1985 300D at school in upstate NY, I'm in Missouri. She can't get her car started. I changed the pre-glow relay just befor she drove to NY, for the first time, in March. The initial problem was that the glow light never went off, the relay fixed that. A couple of weeks after she got to school she mentioned that the glow light stayed on after she started the car. Ignition on, light on, light off, start car, light back on always. This is different than the original problem when the light never went off during the pre-glow phase.

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W123

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Any differance in the 92-93 124 td

I`m looking for a 92 or 93 td, gets better milage and the last of d.i.y cars, I also like the more road feel is there any signiferant differance in these vehicles and anything to watch out for thanks for any replies, I have a 99 E300 that seems very few people can diagnose w/o putting in numerous parts which has cost a fortune and it`s time for her to go!

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