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Old 07-04-2011, 12:34 AM
CommieGIR CommieGIR is offline
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Originally Posted by layback40 View Post
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We all hope you get all the help you need !!




Good advice!!

You may have a case of "Death in a jug"
Interesting that it cranks strong, maybe low compression from stuck rings caused by WVO use?
Why was the car sitting for a year?

The idea of pull starting has merit if you can. Best done at about 40 mph. Get up to speed in neutral & then put into D. The trans will turn the motor much faster than a starter. Once started it probably wont idle properly for a while.
Good Luck !!!!
Interesting, I'll give it a shot! There isn't any repercussions to the transmission or torque converter by pull starting is there?

Yeah, according to the owner (who I don't really suspect would lie to me) it ran when parked, sat till I bought it because he decided he did not want to work on it anymore.

It came with a spare injection pump, but I'm hoping its not the issue.

Either way, I got the whole thing for $500

And I do trust you on the TD thing, It is just new to me to use it like that, but there is a first time for everything!

How can I go about running the glow plugs manually to see if that is truly the issue? I ohm'ed them out to the engine body, good conductivity...
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