u/AboutTurkey

Video is all four cylinders.

Finally got around to a compression test on my 82 200D with 155,000 miles, done a few hours cold. Seems like good results! Redid my first cylinder and got about 300 like the rest. Still experiencing quite a bit of white/blue smoke on startup and a lot of shaking and I haven’t drove another 200D but I pretty much top out at 55 on flat ground and have just no power on hills, usually in second and sometimes first on any hill. Maybe normal for tiny ass 200D but it feels to me I could get more from it. Already done glow plugs and filters, diesel purge and valve adjustment. Starts super well. Now I’m thinking just injectors might be my last hope/maybe throttle linkage. Or maybe just accept my slowness. Any suggestions/observations with compression test or trying to get more power?

Wondering if my clear primary filter should be more full of diesel or if I need to purge some air.

New (to me) 1982 200D, so euro. No vaccum for my door locks, seems like every other w123 I’ve seen has the yellow valve connected to (presumably) the black splitter coming off from the brake booster. Would I be wrong to presume that I can plug that thing back in? The black splitter does have a plug in it, though it looks like a previous owner put that thing in. Thinking that could be to preserve engine shutoff if the locking mechanism doesn’t work even if plugged in properly. Any major risk in just trying it out? Never really done anything with vaccum before.

Picked up a 200D, never seen one in the states. So beautiful