Diesel Engine
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A collection of Kent's Mercedes Videos covering the Diesel engine
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Preventing Mercedes Benz Diesel Premature Glow Plug Failure by Kent Bergsma
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Diesel Turbocharger Inspection and Overhaul on a Mercedes 5 Cylinder 617 by Kent Bergsma
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Why Won't My Mercedes Benz Diesel Start? - Part 2 by Kent Bergsma
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Why Won't My Mercedes Benz Diesel Start? - Part 1 by Kent Bergsma
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Mercedes Diesel Engine Noise and Vibration: Failed Motor Mounts are a Major Cause
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Why Won't My Mercedes Benz Diesel Shut Off? by Kent Bergsma
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Mercedes Diesel Engine Combustion Pre-chamber Leak Repair by Kent Bergsma
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Why Won't My Mercedes Benz Diesel Start? - Part 1 by Kent Bergsma
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Why Won't My Mercedes Benz Diesel Start? - Part 2 by Kent Bergsma
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An Ingenious Alternative to Pre-Glow Relay Problems on Mercedes Benz Diesel by Kent Bergsma
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Mercedes Benz Diesel Service Part 2 - Air & Fuel Filter Change by Kent Bergsma
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Removing the Engine and Transmission Together from a Mercedes Diesel
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Catastrophic Engine Failure Averted: Mercedes Pre-Trip Inspection Part 2 by Kent Bergsma
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Valve Cover Breather Oil Leak Fix for Mercedes Solution Search for Mercedes OM 602 and OM 603
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Valve Cover Breather Oil Leak Fix Solution for OM 602 and OM 603 Diesel Engine
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Introduction to the Single Tank Vegetable Oil Fuel Conversion on Old Mercedes Diesels
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Repairing Mercedes Diesel Plastic Injection Pump Fuel Lines (Hoses)
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19
Mercedes Diesel Engine Oil Leaks 1969 to 1985: Isolating the Causes
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Replacing the 60x Diesel Engine Rear Crank Seal by Kent Bergsma
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Mercedes Diesel Fuel Injector Spray Pattern Test by Kent Bergsma
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22
1969 to 1985 Mercedes Diesel Water Pump Replacement Considerations
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1980 to 1985 Mercedes Diesel Vacuum Pump Challenges and Overhaul Kit Components
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Getting Your Mercedes Diesel Ready for Winter at Mercedessource.com
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O.E. Versus Aftermarket Parts: 1975 to 1995 Benz Series Part 38 w/ Kent Bergsma
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Troubleshooting 101: 1977 to 1985 Mercedes Diesel Engine Won't Shut Off
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How to Easily Add Life to Your Old Mercedes Benz
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Mercedes Diesel Engine Swaps Between Chassis and Models: Introduction
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Hear 3 Sweet Old Mercedes Diesel Engines Run: For Sale
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Mercedes Diesel Engine Swap Advice: OM617 Non Turbo into a W123 240D
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How Magnets Can Add Life to Your Car's Engine, Transmission and Rear End
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Plastic Radiator Neck Reinforcement or Repair ? DIY Options Available at Mercedessource.com
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Diesel Engine Swap Series: Mercedes W126 300SD into a W123 300D Turbo
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Specialty Tools for Automotive Repair Designed and Manufactured by Kent Bergsma
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38
Mercedes Diesel Engine Pre-Chamber Design, Troubleshooting and Repair
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Why Does My Diesel Shake So Badly at Idle - Part 1 Introduction
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Why Does My Diesel Shake So Badly at Idle - Part 2 Fuel Injectors
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Why Is My Diesel Such a Dog off the Line? Part 1 Purge It!
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Diesel Engine Maintenance Tip 10: Carry an Emergency Fuel Injector Hard Line
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How to Remove and Replace Diesel Fuel Injector Return Hose without Damage
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How to Visually Tell if Your Diesel Fuel Injectors are Bad and More
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How to Check Internal Engine Timing to Determine Timing Chain Stretch
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Mercedes Diesel OM601 OM602 OM603 Common Fuel Leak Problems
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Setting Diesel Injection Pump Timing Using the HIGH Pressure Method
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Special Wrench Needed for Mercedes Diesel Injection Pump Timing and Removal
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50
How to Fix a Rattling Air Filter on a Mercedes Diesel
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Mercedes W116 300SD Green Ghost Rescue Part 7: Purging the Fuel System Before Italian Tune-up
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Mercedes W116 300SD Green Ghost Rescue Part 8: Brake Caliper Inspection
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1977 to 1985 Mercedes Diesel Banjo Fitting Maintenance
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Mercedes OM617 Diesel Injection Pump ALDA Replacement
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Mercedes Diesel Motor Mount Arm Thread and Bolt Problems
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Mercedes Diesel Vacuum Fuel Shutoff Inspection Filter
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How to Become a Believer in The Value of Purging Your Diesel Engine
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58
Setting Diesel Injection Pump Timing: Flow Pressure Versus High Pressure Method
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Mechanical Bosch Gas and Diesel Fuel Injector Testing and Fume Containment System
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Why Does My Diesel Smoke So Badly Part 4: Injection Pump Timing
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Why Does My Diesel Smoke So Badly Part 5: Turbo Boost Pressure Test
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Mercedes Diesel Portable Fuel Tank for Emergencies, Purging AND Testing.
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Another Broken Upper Radiator Neck - 3rd Time Dodging a Bullet at the Shop
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Mercedes Diesel Fuel Injector Special Injector Hard Line Wrench by Kent Bergsma
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Adjusting Diesel Injection Pump Special Wrench: Kent's Garage Episode 21
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Mercedes 240D Road Test: Why Is It Soooooooo Slow?
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How to Fix a Poor Shifting Diesel Transmission - It Could Be Something Very Simple!!!
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Engine Oil Seal Installation Tips - How to Avoid Pitfalls and Hazards
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How to Test a Diesel Engine Driven Vacuum Pump
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What's Up with Quality Control Standards World Wide?!! Kent's Garage # 23
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This is How a Good OM617 5 Cylinder Turbo Diesel Engine Should Run
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Inside Kent's Engine Cave: 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's Mercedes Engines For Sale
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Why Won't This Diesel Engine Start?
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Why Does This Diesel Engine Start and Then Quit When Cold
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Why Those Two Diesel Engines Wouldn't Start. It Was a Simple Fix
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A Most Common Easy to Repair Diesel Engine Fuel Leak
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Engine Running Hot in Your Older Car - This Could Be the Reason
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Troubleshooting a Bad Oil Leak at Front of Mercedes Diesel Engine
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Why Change an Engine Thermostat and Carefully Inspect the Radiator Hoses
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How to Diagnose and Prevent Timing Chain Tensioner Failure
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How to Clean Off and Seal Aluminum Housings from Engine Coolant Corrosion
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How to Fix a Low Pressure Oil Leak Hole in an Aluminum Engine Oil Pan
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How to Tell if Your Engine's Thermostat is Failing
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Installing a Radiator Overflow Capture and Coolant Loss Inspection Tank
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How to Test Turbo Charger Output on a Mercedes Diesel While Driving
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Engine Valve Stem Seal Installation Tip - How to Protect the Seal Lip!
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Fuel Injector Testing Fuel Spray and Fume Containment Bottle in Action
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90
3 Quick Engine Air Filter Change Tips - There is at Least One for Everyone
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How to Cosmetically Restore an Old Cars Engine Compartment Part 1
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How to Cosmetically Restore an Old Cars Engine Compartment Part 2
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How to Cosmetically Restore an Old Cars Engine Compartment Part 3
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How to Cosmetically Restore an Old Cars Engine Compartment Final Results Part 4
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How I Made a Special Wrench for Engine Fan Removal
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How to Tell if Your Diesel Fuel Injectors Need Rebuilding / New Nozzles
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How Hard Is It To Precisely Adjust Diesel Engine Injection Pump Timing
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98
Winter Exercise Routines for Your Old Cars: Do Not Neglect This If You Can!!
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99
15th Anniversary of My First Custom Wrench Set - Why Did I Bother?
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What To Do When They Don't Make Replacement Vacuum Pump Parts Anymore?
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The Best Tool to Use When Removing Stuck or Hard to Reach Vacuum Hoses
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102
H.D. Diesel Hand Primer Pump: Best installation Wrench Available
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103
Demonstrating the Best Way to Remove Throttle Linkage Ball Socket Ends
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104
How to Troubleshoot the Diesel Emergency Fuel Shutoff Mechanism
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Mercedessource Clamping Tool Protective Inserts Explained
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In Depth How-To Repair Videos: Great Way to Learn to Fix Your Older Benz
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Casper the Friendly Benz Part 11: Engine Oil Leak Inspection W116 300SD
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The Best Tool to Use When Removing Stuck or Hard to Reach Vacuum Hoses
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H.D. Diesel Hand Primer Pump: Best installation Wrench Available
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Demonstrating the Best Way to Remove Throttle Linkage Ball Socket Ends
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104
How to Troubleshoot the Diesel Emergency Fuel Shutoff Mechanism
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Mercedessource Clamping Tool Protective Inserts Explained
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In Depth How-To Repair Videos: Great Way to Learn to Fix Your Older Benz
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Casper the Friendly Benz Part 11: Engine Oil Leak Inspection W116 300SD
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108
Mercedes Diesel Oil Filter Housing Gasket Leak: Don't Use a PAPER Gasket
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Casper the Friendly Benz Part 12: Front Engine Accessory Inspection W116 300SD
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1968 to 1985 Fan Clutch / Water Pump Removal Special Tool: Tool of the Week
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Casper the Friendly Benz Part 13: Fuel Hose Inspection W116 300SD
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Casper the Friendly Benz Part 14: Air Intake and Turbo Leak Inspection W116 300SD
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How to Increase the Life of Your Turbo Diesel Air Filter Rubber Mounts
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How to Kill Your Mercedes OM617 Turbo Diesel Engine Softly!
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The Three Most Common Oil Leaks in Older Mercedes Diesel Engines
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Pay Attention to Fluid Stains Showing Up On the Ground Under Your Diesel
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Why You Should Not Leave Diesel Fuel in Your Tank for Long Periods
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Diesel Engine Oil Changes: Why This is So Critical for Long Engine Life?
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Diesel Engine Early Death Causes: What Else Besides Lack of Oil Changes?
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Saturday at Kent Bergsma's Shop Week 3: Road Warriors on the Mend and a New Diesel Tester
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121
Why Put Magnets on Your Car? And These Aren't Any Ordinary Magnets!
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Saturday at Kent Bergsma's Shop #10: Prep for MB Cruise, W140 Extreme Engineering, Treasures to Sell
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Best DIY Diesel and Gas Fuel Injector Cleaner Tester Most Bosch 1959 to 1991
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Top 10 Maintenance Alerts for Mercedes 4 and 5 Cylinder Diesel Engine Heads
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Saturday at Kent Bergsma's Shop #17: Nice Body Diesel Eng. Test Heavy Lathe Toyota LC 80 Woes
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126
Hunting for Diesels: Avoid Getting "Bit" by Using My Two Quick and Simple Engine Tests
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Running Out of Fuel in an Old Diesel: Not Too Bad if You Know What to Do
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Hunting for Diesels 2: Quick Blow-by Test Revisited. Hot, Cold or ???
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Why is This Mercedes 300D So Slow Part 1? Don't Neglect to Check Simple Things First
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Why Won't My Mercedes Diesel Valves Adjust Properly?
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One Reason Your Older Mercedes Diesel Might Be Using Engine Oil
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1978 to 1984 Mercedes Turbo Diesel Air Filter Maintenance Tips
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One of the Top 10 Simple Things Overlooked on Mercedes W123 - Causing Major Problems
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Go a Million Miles? Maybe: #1 of 3 Ways You Can Kill a Diesel Engine Slowly
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Go a Million Miles? Maybe: #2 of 3 Ways You Can Kill a Diesel Engine Slowly
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Tips on Installing New Heat Shield Washers When Replacing Diesel Fuel Injectors.
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Go a Million Miles? Maybe: #3 of 3 Ways You Can Kill a Diesel Engine Slowly
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Will This Old Diesel Be Able to Pass a Compression Test?
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Required Maintenance After Buying an Old Diesel: Engine Rx Valve Adjustment
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Required Maintenance After Buying an Old Diesel: Must Do Compression Test
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Required Maintenance After Buying an Old Diesel: Test and Fix the Fuel Injectors
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Why is This Mercedes 300D So Slow Pt. 2? Major Power Robbing Parts Exposed
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Tips on Replacing the Old Diesel Hand Primer Pump with a New HD Monark Pump
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Required Maintenance After Buying an Old Diesel: Throttle Linkage Inspection, Service and Repair
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Required Maintenance After Buying an Old Diesel: Full Fuel System Service
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Checking the Efficiency of Your Older Diesel Pre-Glow System
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"Parade" of Old Mercedes Diesels: These Are What "Hooked Me" 25 Years Ago!
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The Modifications We Have to Make to the Diesel Engine Pre-chamber Removal Tool
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Do You Need Some Throttle Linkage Parts for your old Mercedes Diesel?
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Why are The Water Pump Bolts Always So Rusty? Is There a Solution
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Raining W126 300SDs in PNW: #3 Power "Surging" Problem Simple Fix Cost $0.00
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Raining W126 300SDs in PNW: Guess What is Weird on This Turbo Diesel Engine?
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Raining W126 300SDs in PNW: Weirdness Shown on Turbo Engine in Silver SD
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A Bad Day at the Shop: PLEASE Don't Make Me Get a Bigger Wrench!
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Old Diesel Engine Combustion "Cleanse": Can You Reduce Engine Blow-by and Exhaust Smoke
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Troubleshooting and Isolating Strange Diesel Engine Noises
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WARNING: Big Alert for 1976 to 1985 OM617 Diesel Mercedes Car Owners
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Little Unknown Tip on Fine Tuning a Turbo Diesel Automatic Transmission
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Vacuum System Troubleshooting Tip for 1980 to 1985 Diesel Owners
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Injector Pressure Tester Prototype Version 3 - Reasons Behind Kent's Upgrade
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Troubleshooting Strange Ticking Noises in the Front of Your Engine
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Turbo Diesel Cylinder Head Bolt Removal Tips w/ Special Tool
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Building a Better "Mousetrap"- Self Contained Mechanical Fuel Injector Tester
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Diesel Tip: How to Remove "Stuck" Injector Heat Shield Washers
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Hex Head Bolt Removal Tips: To Prevent Rounding Out the Head
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Still on the Quest For a Diesel Engine "Instant Overhaul" Product. LOL
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Where to Get Original Nuts, Bolts, Screws and Hardware for Your 1970 to 1990 Mercedes
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Mercedes Diesel Valve Adjustment: Theory, Frequency and Challenges
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Digby Returns Home After 20 Years Part 1: Is This Old 300D Really Dead?
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Digby Returns Home After 20 Years Part 2: Not Dead Yet But Is The Engine Terminal?
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Digby Returns Home After 20 Years Part 3: Can We Successfully Purge the Engine's Illness?
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Digby Returns Home After 20 Years Part 4: Could the Diesel Injection Pump Be the Culprit?
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Digby Returns Home After 20 Years Part 5: To Find His Problem We Will Need Corroboration
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Digby Returns Home After 20 Years Part 6: Grim Diagnosis Leads to Trying Alternative Medicine
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Digby Returns Home After 20 Years Part 7: His Ailing Engine Gets an " Italian Tune-up "
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Digby Returns Home After 20 Years Part 8: Diesel Engine Update: Is There Hope for this Old Benz?
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Operation Save Digby Part 4: Diesel Pre-Chamber Prognosis
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Snapshot of New Tool Under Development: No Talk Just Wrenching :-)
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Instructions on How to Use Kent's New Diesel Injector Variable Thickness Shim Kit
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Bosch Diesel Fuel Injector Pressure Release Adjustment: What is Required?
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Mercedes Diesel 101: Why Won't the Engine Shut Off When I Turn the Key
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Mercedes Diesel Class 201: A Hidden Cause for Hard Starting and Rough Idle
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Mercedes Diesel Class 201: How to Remove Old Hardened Rubber Engine Seals
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Mercedes Diesel Class 201: The Proper O.E. Gasket Can Be Critical in Repairing Leaks
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A Bent Diesel Connecting Rod !! How Did it Happen. How to Prevent it.
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Mercedes Diesel Engine 201: What About the Manifold Gasket and LOCKING Nuts
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Mercedes Diesel Engine Transplant: Digby's OM617 Gets a Make Over for Christmas
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Mercedes Diesel Mechanical Fuel "Lift" Pump Operation: Overhaul Kit Reviewed
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Old Neglected Cooling Systems: How to Inspect, Test and Prevent Trouble
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More Power for Your Diesel: Tips on Replacing an Often Ignored Part
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See Amazing Magnet Therapy - Mercedes 300TD Turbo Wagon W123
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Removing and Installing a 1977 to 1985 Diesel Lift Pump: 5 Key Tips
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Special Tool to Remove 12mm OM617 Turbo Diesel Exhaust Flange Nuts
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Engine and Transmission Seal Removal No-Damage Tool Set
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Blown Turbo Diesel Engine Diagnosis Part 1: Background and Symptoms
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How to Properly Remove and Replace Diesel Fuel Injector Hardlines
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Turbo Diesel Pre-chamber Failure Again??? Same Cylinder Even!
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Blown Turbo Diesel Engine Diagnosis Part 2: Looking for the "Smoking Gun."
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3 Small DIY Fluid Leaks You Can Fix Even if You Don't Work On Cars
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Blown Turbo Diesel Engine Diagnosis Part 3: Who Done It Revealed - One Suspect Apprehended.
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