Hey guys
My 2nd post (1st was intro.)
I have just bought my first ever Merc although I fancied one for many years. It is (or will be when it gets here) a 1998 C250TD Elegance Estate. It is dead at the moment but that won't stop me! I have bought it silly, silly cheap and as far as I know it has been stood for 2 months after running out of fuel and has a flat battery.
So, on the asumption that nobody has told me any porkies (ie dead pump etc), how easy are these to prime for fuel. I am purely guessing based on my previous experience of diesels, but use a hand bulb pumnp to prime pump then crack open all injectors and turn over until we get fuel. Sound like a plan or am I barking up the wrong tree already?
I will have much more info and ideas once I see the car. I bought it blind but it won't be the first (or last) time I have done that and bagged a bargain. Basically, I can break the car for much more than I paid so cannot lose. That isn't my plan though, I want this for me to use.
MoT'd (just about 2 weeks left) and tax expired last month.
It is a 1998 with 165k on the clock.
Any thoughts?
Thanks, Jim
My 2nd post (1st was intro.)
I have just bought my first ever Merc although I fancied one for many years. It is (or will be when it gets here) a 1998 C250TD Elegance Estate. It is dead at the moment but that won't stop me! I have bought it silly, silly cheap and as far as I know it has been stood for 2 months after running out of fuel and has a flat battery.
So, on the asumption that nobody has told me any porkies (ie dead pump etc), how easy are these to prime for fuel. I am purely guessing based on my previous experience of diesels, but use a hand bulb pumnp to prime pump then crack open all injectors and turn over until we get fuel. Sound like a plan or am I barking up the wrong tree already?
I will have much more info and ideas once I see the car. I bought it blind but it won't be the first (or last) time I have done that and bagged a bargain. Basically, I can break the car for much more than I paid so cannot lose. That isn't my plan though, I want this for me to use.
MoT'd (just about 2 weeks left) and tax expired last month.
It is a 1998 with 165k on the clock.
Any thoughts?
Thanks, Jim
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