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- From: rodney@tyrell.tynet.sub.org (Rodney Volz)
- Subject: DB 200 diesel motor question
- Message-ID: <1992Sep08.194748.16313@tyrell.tynet.sub.org>
- Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 19:47:48 GMT
- Organization: Tyrell, Stuttgart (FRG)
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- Hello,
-
- I'm the owner of a twenty-year-old mercedes 200 diesel. For my taste,
- the motor produces a bit too much smoke; especially when running full
- throttle, it leaves grey clouds of what I suspect is half-burned fuel.
-
- 1.) What makes diesel motors smoke? Apart from the motor burning a
- fair amount of oil, which I think is normal for a 20-year old engine,
- I suspect there are other reasons.
-
- 2.) Which parameters are adjustable? Someone told me, nothing besides
- the valves would be adjustable, which I cannot believe. What about
- fuel/air-ratio, injection pump, injection nozzles? A friend told
- me something about parts of the injection nozzles rotating when injecting
- fuel in the chamber. Is this right?
-
- Thank you very much,
- -Rodney
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