OT: Need some Diesel advise, Oh great collective, bathe me with your knowledge! Options

[Dr Evil]

This weekend has been very productive! All of my vehicles are at least turing fuel into noise. Now it is time to make it useful.

I put the fuel pump back in my Benz (it was out because I thought it was problematic). I adjusted the lever that actuates it and it now starts, but it runs rough.
-White smoke
-Knocks more than a diesel should
-Has no power (less then before (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) )

I made sure to NOT crank the engine with the pump removed and to keep the pump shaft from rotating so as to keep the orientation of the shafts in both correct. I may be off a little in my adjustment, but adjusting it will be a shitty task and I would like some veriffication that it is out of adjustment from someone more knowledgable than I before I go a bleeding all over the engine again.

In summary:
- Do the symptoms scream of any particular problem?
- any advice?

Thanks all!

[BiG bOgGs]

Another thought.

If you do the purge and still find it running a little off, check around the fuel lines for a leak (between the pump and the injectors) that may be causing the injector to not have enough pressure to open properly. Do this with a scrap of cardboard. Having a high pressure stream of diesel tear your skin and mix with your blood is not fun.