Ok my bonehead son ran his 87 190D turbo dry for the second time.

First time it cost $300 for a very nice shop in Raleigh to get it started. Not including the tow. I really don't know what they did and I am far enough away from Raleigh that the tow to their shop would be steep. So we are trying to get it going ourselves. The mechanic that usually works on the car indicated we need to spin the engine until it catches. He has offered some additional field suitable options that are included in the list below.

Before I give up and drag it to a shop I would like some suggestions.

We have charged the battery numerous times and spun the engine until the battery dies and it wont start. This is the method that works on our 87 300TD.

We have over half a tank of diesel in it now.

We filled the plastic pre filter with fuel - no luck - does not seem to draw from filter.

So we removed the fuel line from the clear plastic pre filter and checked fuel flow. Origionally not much so we used an air hose to blow back through the line to the sock filter in the tank. Fuel flows well now. Still does not start.

We removed the screw that holds the main fuel filter and topped off the filter canister with fuel and replaced the filter. No luck. But it sure sounded like it wanted to start.

Tonight we removed the fuel line from the main filter to the injector pump. There is no fuel flow out of the main filter when the line is loose.

So we removed the fuel line that supplies the main filter from a pre pump (I think). Cranked the car. No luck. No flow evident.

We tried pressurizing the fuel tank with compressed air. Thinking we could force fuel closer to some pump that is not siphoning well. No luck. The fuel does plow out of the line before the pre filter pretty well though.

I want my 78 300D back with the hand prime pump.

Any suggestions or ideas?
Thanks,
Rusty

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91 350SDL - my DD
87 190D 2.5 - son's DD
00 E320 (wife will no longer drive a diesel)
87 300TD - project?
91 190E 2.6 - parts
91 350SDL - parts