The W124 Has Low Compression in 1 Cylinder, let's fix it

The W124 Has Low Compression in 1 Cylinder, let's fix it | Pt. 3

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The biggest concern of mine with the 1987 Mercedes 300DT is the white smoke coming from the tailpipe. Is it a blown head gasket? After all, these motors have a high risk of their heads cracking.
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@gcretu5697 Жыл бұрын

Good stuff! Good luck with the build!

@LindseyandCaleb Жыл бұрын

Nice job dude! This was really cool to watch. Glad you don't have to do the head gasket

@Mbej318 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for you time 🎉

@ChrisLee66 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tip about grinding out the other end of wrench!

@ImChrisDeDecker Жыл бұрын

It's the small things. Glad it was useful

@chrismcgowan5180 Жыл бұрын

Love KZfaqrs working on Diesel. Being form the UK probably work on these about half the time, and have owned many diesels. White smoke has been a common feature of a lot of the diesels I have owned. My D4D Landcruiser bought at around 70k miles did the same. Now on about 350k still going strong (with a bit of white smoke).

@ImChrisDeDecker Жыл бұрын

So far, I have really enjoyed messing around with it. I know diesels should last a very long time but I am skeptical about how long with a turbo and how long will it be until the turbo fails. I have been hearing the same thing from others, maybe white smoke is the diesel life haha

@VITOSGARAGE 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for saving the legend!! Keep it up!!

@afoleite 8 ай бұрын

Nice vídeo and nice work, thank you!

@Robin96 3 ай бұрын

Little bit oil from the breather and carbon crap from the EGR going in to the engine. I recommend to block the EGR to prevent this in the future. I have OM602 without EGR to only the oil from the breather gets in to the engine and no carbon

@joopsmit6910 4 ай бұрын

Love these cars! You can pretty much rebuild those engines with a 27, 14, 13 and 10mm socket😂 And yup Liqui Moly products are my go-to for just about anything Diesel

@eternalbeing3339 9 ай бұрын

Helpful video thank you.

@dinispaulino7512 Жыл бұрын

That first box wrench you bought, with the 32 points, is for the delivery valves on top of the injection pump. If you ever have a fuel leak on top of the IP, now you already have the right wrench and it's pretty easy to fix.

@ImChrisDeDecker Жыл бұрын

I am glad there are people like you in this world. Thank you for letting me know! I have loads to learn.

@dinispaulino7512 Жыл бұрын

@@ImChrisDeDecker I own a 300D myself, and the best way to learn is through experience, I've done a lot of maintenance to the car, and I've learned a lot doing it!

@davidhanger1985 Жыл бұрын

Loved watching this. I have a 260e 1989 uk version but was still very interested to see how you fixed the engine issues. I’m extremely interested to see how much corrosion you find when working on the sills. If check under the water bottle for corrosion and also the rear subframe mounts-oh and they rot on the rear panel behind the rear bumper. Despite the rust it’s definitely worth fixing as overall it’s a great car for it’s age. Pre- face lift are definitely the best 🙂👍🏻

@cph3459 4 ай бұрын

Do you know that hood stands straight up and out of the way? I also have the exact car, colour everything is the same except I have updated the interior to a 94 with all the wood. I love this car, it is the best.

@moparsmith Жыл бұрын

You should do a video explaining what's better a Ford Expedition or Chevy Tahoe. Some folks claim the Expedition is better 🤷‍♂️

@ImChrisDeDecker Жыл бұрын

Well, I will have a biased opinion. I could do some research. In general, the Ls motors or more reliable compared to the ford equelavant.

@eternalbeing3339 9 ай бұрын

Chevy. Fords are junk.

@captaintruth3219 7 ай бұрын

I bought the same car a 93, 300 2.5 turbo diesel new in 1993 just turned 100,000 miles best car I ever owned and I had a lot of them can’t let it go I’ve been through four gas shortages and never had to wait online. annual inspections only $10 because there is no place to plug-in for an emission test. registration and insurance is dirt cheap because I have historical plates on it.

@ADDvanced Жыл бұрын

Valve seals.... did you do a leakdown test instead of just a compression test? Cheers man!

@ImChrisDeDecker Жыл бұрын

Wouldnt a compression test show little to no compression if the valve seals are bad? I need to get an air compressor. Would make my life 100x easier.

@ADDvanced Жыл бұрын

@@ImChrisDeDecker No, not as long as your valves are still sealing against the cylinder head. Valve seals going bad = compression is still good, but you're burning oil.