Dear Kent, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, I have a 1992 300D 2.5 Turbo Diesel with 160,000 miles that was very very sick. It had serious difficulty starting unless the block heater had been on for an hour. When it started, there was a lot of smoke initially. Then I found the Mercedessource website and was intrigued by the glow plug reamer and the glow plug removal instruction booklet especially for the 602. That engine design is so difficult to access the glow plugs. Yet your 602 instruction booklet made it all understandable. You really did a great job explaining in words and photos the steps required. I know that to write understandable instructions is difficult and you are to really be

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Over the next several months he will be working on a series of videos that focus on specific maintenance tips related to the older diesel engines. New videos will be added weekly. Most will be very specific and will run 3 to 8 minutes in length.

Not all older MFI and CIS fuel injectors are "restorable." Some are just plain worn out. If the tip is worn out or damaged there is nothing you can do to repair that. There are no replacement parts available for Bosch mechanical gas fuel injectors. You can not replace the tip. The fuel injector is sealed up tight during the manufacturing process.