Hello everyone. This is a non-Mercedes related, but diesel-related question. Even though this is a Mercedes forum, there seems to be a lot of general diesel knowledge floating around here.

I am looking at buying an 84 Toyota Camry 1.8 turbodiesel for a low price because it's not currently running. The problem seems to be the fuel supply.

Does anyone know if this particular diesel (or any diesels for that matter) has a fuel pump aside from the IP? The car turns over, but will not start. I am almost certain it's a fuel problem because hand-pumping the primer pump a few times lets the car run for a couple seconds before it dies.

If there is a fuel pump (that is not the IP) where would it be?

Final question: does anyone happen to know the average going rate of an IP rebuild?

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'79 300SD
'82 Chevy Chevette diesel

Unfortunately I worked on a few of these in the 80s and they are the worst engine toyota ever made. The injector pumps would leak and the cam sprocket would shear off the locator pin in the camshaft about every 25K miles resulting in bent valves at the least, broken head and block at the worst.

Back to your question, there is only the injector pump to supply fuel from the tank to the injectors. No intank or frame mounted pumps. These engines were in Camrys mostly

A terrible engine in my professional opinion.

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Thank you! I'll hold off then. These engines are so uncommon it's hard to find people with experience with them.

I'll pick up a running 6.2 Chevy for $500 instead.

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'79 300SD
'82 Chevy Chevette diesel