JHZR2
Staff member
This is my 1982 Mercedes 300CD. Parked it in October, just got it out today. Totally cold start, first touch.
AC kicked on perfect too. I’m surprised because I know there’s a slight leak at the expansion valve that I need to attend to.
Just thought it was interesting to watch the oil pressure rise on a real mechanical gauge (oil line comes up into the cluster), after sitting that long. Especially with the thread that @OVERKILL made with the pressure data.
Fired beautifully though first time. A little bit of whitish smoke when idling at the start, so perhaps I need to look into something about that… these old engines don’t have afterglow like my newer ones do.
AC kicked on perfect too. I’m surprised because I know there’s a slight leak at the expansion valve that I need to attend to.
Just thought it was interesting to watch the oil pressure rise on a real mechanical gauge (oil line comes up into the cluster), after sitting that long. Especially with the thread that @OVERKILL made with the pressure data.
Fired beautifully though first time. A little bit of whitish smoke when idling at the start, so perhaps I need to look into something about that… these old engines don’t have afterglow like my newer ones do.