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82 300D has slight miss on one cylinder

Submitted by rkennedy11 on 18 March 2008 - 1:14pm.

82 300D has slight miss.
This engine has 157,000 miles on it and runs good at highway speed. I can losen the fitting on each injector and make it run like a gas engine when you pull a plug wire. Has only slight miss when all injectors are tight. There is definitly a lose in power at low speed taking off from a light etc.
The injectors have been pop tested and all are good. Compression test shows around 325 to 350 psi on all cylinders. I have adjusted the valves twice to make sure one was not to tight.

I have thought about pulling the head and checking the valves but wanted to check other options first.
Any help on this would be appreciated

Thanks
Richard Kennedy


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Miss and low power

18 March 2008 - 7:22pm
oldsinner111

Mine does that when ever tank screen gets clogged.I have been battling that for 10 months.Being I run a wvo conversion,and use main tank for wvo.
I blow thru fuel line twice a week.Startron and other additives just don't work.Its getting better little by little.Years of diesel slime.


engine miss at idle

20 March 2008 - 1:38pm
rkennedy11

Thanks for the reply.
You are right on the money.
I hit the fuel line to the tank with compressed air and it started to Idle great. After running a shore while it started to miss again. I will run the fuel out and pull the tank and clean it out. This car was in storage for around 3 years before I got it.
Thanks again for your help.
Richard Kennedy