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My baby only starts with a shot of ether. Yikes!
I know that it is one of the worst things for a diesel but I am out of ideas.
I have owned my 1984 300D that has 320,xxx miles on it for a little over 2 years now. For the past several months it has not been starting right. I run WVO in it with a single tank in the Summer. I have had no fuel related problems other than clogged filters so far with it. Gentlemen, please do not give me negative comments for running WVO in my car. I am open to any and all suggestions and questions but please don't throw in the usual WVO neg comments. When the problem began (no starting once the the engine got warm; i.e. I go to do round town errands and I get stranded at the grocery store) I thought it was starter so I took it to my local indy and got him to install a new starter and adjust the valves. I changed out the glow plugs and fuel filters a few months ago when the problem began. It ran ok for that day but then the problem came back that night after takming it to the indy shop. Now, I let it sit for a month and then I got a new battery, still it won't start. So I hit it with a shot of starting fluid and it starts right up. But, it will die when I let it idle. I hooked up a little diesel 12 volt fuel pump to get it a little more pressure and see if the lift pump went out but that made no difference. Guy's, I am open to any and all suggestions. Zack Smith
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Oh yeah,
Back when it would idle I cracked open all of the lines going to the injectors and they all were spitting diesel.
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Have you done a compression check?
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Have you checked:
Air leaks in fuel system? Valve adjustment? Compression? Condition of IP (without WVO comments)? |
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Quote:
Biodiesel and WVO - SVO links thread.
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I have check the fuel system for air leaks. I will go under and check the connections at the tank again, thanks for the reminder.
My MB indy did the valve adj and he said that it sounded like it had sufficient compression and the timing chain looked ok. Thanks for the link.
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Are you trying to start it on diesel or WVO now?
I have heard of others that run WVO for a long time, the seals in the IP wear and they will have problems running on diesel but it will run on WVO fine. Which ever you are trying (diesel or WVO) switch to the other fuel. (You can do this via a small tank under the hood and put supply and return hoses in it rather than draining the tank) If you are certain there are no air leaks and the compression is fine...then about the only thing you have left is the IP. I would run an actual compression check first though. You can pick up a tester at Harbor Freight for under $30.
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Are you certain your glow plugs/relay are working properly? And I have to say it sounds like an air in the fuel problem.
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That's a very odd judgment. What did he do, tap on the cylinder head?
Get a real compression check and read the other threads which detail similar hot start problems and dying IP's when running WVO.
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I thought the exact same thing. How can someone tell the compression with out actually checking it?
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I don't know I think he said that the compression sounds like it is ok. Meaning it is not so bad that it sounds off. Not the general condition of it.
I always thought that it was more difficult to check compression than that. Thanks, I will do some research on that and see.
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Here you go.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93644&xcamp=google&utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=cpc&zmam=33951326&zmas=12&zmac=112&zmap=93644 I've never done it (have wanted to and looked at the tester many, many times as I go there every once-in-awhile) but it isn't any harder than changing glow plugs. You take one plug out, put the tester in.
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x2. I like a leak-down test better than a compression test, but that's just me being picky. I'll spare you the "negative wvo comments" but I will say that your fuel choice is very likely to be the cause of your troubles.
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I'd stop with that ether right now! Ether + glow plugs = BOOM! You're only doing additional damage!
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Use WD40 instead of Starter Fluid. Your engine will thank you for it.
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