I was the proud owner of a 1987 300D Turbo. It ran nice for the first couple weeks- no real complaints. Alas, then the nightmare started.
I took it to the dealer who found several needed but unremarkable repairs. The most pertinent was resealing the injection pump (darned o-rings!). From that moment on, the best the engine would do was 5 (of six) cylinders. After the back and forth, they basically said that the injector pump was bad and needed to be replaced.
I had the car taken over to an independent mechanic (Walter's in Bethlehem, PA). Before going any further, he ran a compression test. The results were mixed.
From my understanding of things, that's pretty well that. Even if the pump is replaced, it will not necessarily run right.
Do I understand things correctly? Is there any hope (other than a new engine)? And if not, then is anyone looking for a beauty of an '87 300D for parts?
Any advice in another direction would be great, but I'm afraid this may be one of the shortest-lived Mercedes ownerships on record. Maybe in a few years...
:surrender:
I took it to the dealer who found several needed but unremarkable repairs. The most pertinent was resealing the injection pump (darned o-rings!). From that moment on, the best the engine would do was 5 (of six) cylinders. After the back and forth, they basically said that the injector pump was bad and needed to be replaced.
I had the car taken over to an independent mechanic (Walter's in Bethlehem, PA). Before going any further, he ran a compression test. The results were mixed.
From my understanding of things, that's pretty well that. Even if the pump is replaced, it will not necessarily run right.
Do I understand things correctly? Is there any hope (other than a new engine)? And if not, then is anyone looking for a beauty of an '87 300D for parts?
Any advice in another direction would be great, but I'm afraid this may be one of the shortest-lived Mercedes ownerships on record. Maybe in a few years...
:surrender: