Hi all,
Wondering if I can get some help on here.
Recently, my 140K mile W210 E220 CDI had a diesel spill at the front, so took it to the local trusty mechanic.
Originally thinking it might be the injector seals (black death), it came out as the clear plastic diesel pipe (the one that has a clear vertical path towards the front top RHS of the engine and "T" joint underneath it (pipe 125 as shown in the attached).
The pipe was replaced with a genuine MB part and I believe the leak was sorted, as the tray under the engine is a lot empty and dry now but not fully dry yet, maybe due to cold weather.
The problem is that the car has started giving STARTING issues since this replacement and is now not starting at all.
I thought it might be the glow plugs but the car starts fine in the morning (1 CRANK), then if you idle for 5 minutes and want to start again after some time, it won't start. Also my journey to work is 5 miles. If I happen to go to my car during lunch time after 3 hours, it won't start either. It was taking 9-10 attempts to start every time. Once it gets warm, it starts fine, only does not start when you give it a longer break.
Since yesterday, the car is not starting at all after a 5 minute idle. There is still NO MALFUNCTION message on the instrument cluster.
I suspect its an air leak somewhere but not sure where to check, also cannot find a rubber ball in E220 that I had in my Vauxhall which you can use to pump in diesel.
Any advice would be greatly welcome. Thanks.
By ksareen at 2012-02-06
Wondering if I can get some help on here.
Recently, my 140K mile W210 E220 CDI had a diesel spill at the front, so took it to the local trusty mechanic.
Originally thinking it might be the injector seals (black death), it came out as the clear plastic diesel pipe (the one that has a clear vertical path towards the front top RHS of the engine and "T" joint underneath it (pipe 125 as shown in the attached).
The pipe was replaced with a genuine MB part and I believe the leak was sorted, as the tray under the engine is a lot empty and dry now but not fully dry yet, maybe due to cold weather.
The problem is that the car has started giving STARTING issues since this replacement and is now not starting at all.
I thought it might be the glow plugs but the car starts fine in the morning (1 CRANK), then if you idle for 5 minutes and want to start again after some time, it won't start. Also my journey to work is 5 miles. If I happen to go to my car during lunch time after 3 hours, it won't start either. It was taking 9-10 attempts to start every time. Once it gets warm, it starts fine, only does not start when you give it a longer break.
Since yesterday, the car is not starting at all after a 5 minute idle. There is still NO MALFUNCTION message on the instrument cluster.
I suspect its an air leak somewhere but not sure where to check, also cannot find a rubber ball in E220 that I had in my Vauxhall which you can use to pump in diesel.
Any advice would be greatly welcome. Thanks.
By ksareen at 2012-02-06
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