cold start w123 300D

[@Slappnaavva]

It´s very common that it´s just adjustments of the valves that´s needed. That would improve the cold-start capabilities also. Love the sound.. :)

[@tomikis23]

When i was a a kid my dad had a w123 we called it "the cobra" beacuse it sounded like a cobra...now hearing that engine run again with that iconic sound brings back some really nice memories

[@davidtarara6728]

romania? 😂

[@nukedude]

Nice, now tape some flash lights to the front and back,put instrument cluster in the dash and drive that thing. Great to see another one start up after sitting.

[@Philip.Magnusson]

puff puff puff.. valves or something? started great! nice interior aswell! i got my w123 240D from a nearby field where it sat 3-4 years, fired up instantly, now an everyday driver. :)

[@jamespolcyn8441]

Strange placement of the speedometer !!!

[@Triplex5014]

Love that inline 5 sound and the reliability of a W123!

[@LivviEquestrian]

sitting in a junk yard and the damm thing still starts and runs my next car must be a merc diesel.

[@comanderjuul]

+Livvie Begley *An old merc diesel. Since the 90's mercedes hasn't been as indestructible as they used to be. ); Though still good by all means...

[@GO-qg1hl]

123 126 and 124 are the toughest in my opinion. God, my dad had a 126 300D for 10 years and that car dragged all sorts of trailers, boats, other cars, even his friend's truck and it never gave up. Most badass cars ever built to ride on the road.

[@oljefri]

in Sweden in the 1960s there was a joke that only a Volvo b16 and B18 and a cockroach should survive a nuclear hit,this was obviously before the om61 diesels were born, haha

[@CozeraMB]

hell of a car. i'd love to restore a w123 like this one right here.

[@NOSLEEPATALL]

We start cars that have been sitting for 30 to 40 years all the time but at least they are rare 413 Golden Camando's or an old SEL. Starting my old daily driver 300D was about the same as this video.

[@phideauxiii]

what a fucking trooper. My w123 was the most bulletproof vehicle ever conceived by humans, bar none. and yeah, you have a dead cylinder. Itll run...

[@mikishqip3909]

THIS CAR IS A LITTLE PANZER. GERMAN QUALITY.

[@GO-qg1hl]

We call em ROAD PANZERS.

[@axelhauer9550]

Abnormal smoke from the exhaust. Sounds like worn injectors. Valve maybe not opening & closing right also? Would love to see an update on this one

[@danmackintosh6325]

You can hear best about 3.20 that there's a bent inlet valve allowing it to blow back through the inlet manifold... That's the least of it's worries though tbf, the poor thing's in Russia or somewhere...

[@smacdiesel]

Makes me want to cry. Resurrected from the dead, let her rest in peace. Btw, I'll give you $500 for the Euro bumpers.

[@89BELHASSEN]

old is gold

[@ColumbusMike]

This car had been sitting for YEARS dude.

[@mannys9130]

In order to bend a valve, the timing had to be off. These cars have timing chains. If the chain broke, the car would never run again. What you're suggesting is impossible. Most likely it is missing and injector, glowplug, or a heat shield is leaking past an injector. It is just one cylinder, and since it's a L5 it can still run semi-decently. You can see how rough it's running though. She's missing a plug.

[@feruz3]

That's amazing

[@RayVal53]

Its true folks, these cars were built by an ancient race of super-humans, thousands of years ago!

[@uploadJ]

Bad valve - or in need of a valve adjust on that one cylinder?

[@olsen4real]

my 1979 300d starts easily in -20 Celsius 😊

[@น้องมอส-ฦ9ฝ]

😂😂

[@djalshkodrangoldjunge9251]

Legende

[@mo1971fordcrew]

My old 74 had an oil cooler. non turbo

[@serdarcimen7314]

Guzel bir paylasim

[@solct]

It has a stuck valve.

[@badro304]

هاذي فالجزائر ايمعا الدبابة

[@Jims003]

Can't be that cold. No gloves no tuque and the windows not eve frosted

[@NOSLEEPATALL]

Whats so exciting about this? I had to do something similar to this ever day trying to start my '78 300D

[@mannys9130]

Sounds like it's missing a glowplug.

[@Refranng]

Notice, that the batch with the cars serial-number has been removed (the carved out hole over the engine), that means it used to be an stolen car. This car has a long history - from Stuttgard, Germany to Russia via Car theft.

[@princeofpunk1994]

I think only the turbos have oil coolers

[@MrKamil28]

to są wieczne silniki

[@mcondor2510]

IT RUNS ON STOLICHNAYA..

[@Aaronhouston33]

a 5 cylinder engine with a radiator with a cap that was not the case in the USA

[@Aaronhouston33]

WHERE THE HELL IS THE OIL COOLER i have noticed some of these models dont have oil cooler

[@AndreyYeltsov]

But the guy is a Baltic, not Russian.

[@MrDanielsahne]

dat poor car WHAT THEY HAVE DONE????

[@arnebollensen1017]

German" Wertarbeit". Third WW* Proof. I'am sorry. That's a bad joke.🤫🤭🙄

[@techdavey3486]

Head Gasket Failure often occurs on these between the oil-way that sends oil at full pressure up to the camshaft and the water galleries. After the car has been parked for a long time the coolant disappears. If the oil level is now checked with the dipstick it will become clear where the coolant has gone to! Gasket "scrub" with such a long alloy head on an iron block does not help matters and IMHO having a separate head for each cylinder does help to avoid this problem. Typically light alloy expands at about three times the rate of steel or cast iron so one does need to consider this fact. One car manufacturer (now ceased) made several "long-bolt-engines" which were unsatisfactory for this very reason. Admittedly the small capacity engines were OK but the 1800cc version was not. When these engines were fitted into small 4x4s and their owners tried to tow fully laden double horseboxes, disaster was only minutes away!

[@jakeweiman6157]

Wow, how do i get as smart as you? you sound like something straight out of wikipedia copy and paste!

[@eeezye]

mercedes...

[@hardenduroslovakia3559]

to auto patri do zberu! mám omoc krajšie zachovalejšie neporovnateľné s týmto...

[@beautyrocks777]

Has a dead miss gonna have to pull the head and that sucks

[@jakewerner4589]

New project? More like scrap heap. The only thing worth keeping on that car is the passenger seat bottom.

[@nedkogenov5530]

Jake Werner Shut up!This car is better than the rolling computer when its in mint condition

[@MrDzinx]

kurwa ale złom

[@kulfonrudobrody4789]

ale z duszą, szkoda że taki klasyk w tak opłakanym stanie.

[@mosnannannan1780]

b c

[@jakeweiman6157]

that thing is a turd what kind of project is it

[@a1boforcen]

banner is shit, made in poland these days and is worth nothing