Hello Peeps
Maybe this won't be a mystery to you bright sparks... but... my 96 300D was getting a bit grumpy upon start up. Upon advice I asked my local mechanic to fit new glow plugs while I was away on holiday. This he did. However the car cranks but simply will not start. It won't even try to cough and splutter, no smoke from the exhaust so I'm thinking no fuel is getting through. I changed the main fuel filter [which was full of clean fuel and filled the new one before fitting it]. No change... The mechanic is puzzled as started the car when he collected it and said it started as it should with the new glowplugs before he drove it back. Apart from the lazy starting the car was fine until this. It's done 125,000 miles.
By coincidence the remote has failed, I changed the batteries and still it won't lock or unlock the car. The remote doesn't seem to be transmitting anything [if I aim it at a digital camera no light can be seen when pressing the button]. I'm not overly bothered by this as long as that might not be the culprit...
If it is does anyone know whether the fuel cut off is pneumatic like older models or might this be electronic? I'm thinking a simple ON / Off switch might be a cheap solution if electrically switched....
Any advice greatly appreciated!
Maybe this won't be a mystery to you bright sparks... but... my 96 300D was getting a bit grumpy upon start up. Upon advice I asked my local mechanic to fit new glow plugs while I was away on holiday. This he did. However the car cranks but simply will not start. It won't even try to cough and splutter, no smoke from the exhaust so I'm thinking no fuel is getting through. I changed the main fuel filter [which was full of clean fuel and filled the new one before fitting it]. No change... The mechanic is puzzled as started the car when he collected it and said it started as it should with the new glowplugs before he drove it back. Apart from the lazy starting the car was fine until this. It's done 125,000 miles.
By coincidence the remote has failed, I changed the batteries and still it won't lock or unlock the car. The remote doesn't seem to be transmitting anything [if I aim it at a digital camera no light can be seen when pressing the button]. I'm not overly bothered by this as long as that might not be the culprit...
If it is does anyone know whether the fuel cut off is pneumatic like older models or might this be electronic? I'm thinking a simple ON / Off switch might be a cheap solution if electrically switched....
Any advice greatly appreciated!