Luke (viqx) is a friend of mine, and we talked about this earlier. To add on to his post, when he says it doesn't start, he means that it turns over, and after about 3-5 seconds of running the starter, will stumble a bit and then die.

Don't know if that helps any, but it sounds like the starter is at least engaging and turning over the engine.

If it's turning over, what else could be wrong? He says the glow plug light always comes on. Could summer-weight oil be congealing too much all of a sudden? I suppose it could also be a sudden fuel clog, yes?

I may head over to his house later this evening, so anything to try within reason would be helpful, otherwise he'll probably take it to the local indie in the morning.

Also, it's a 1984 300SD with 170k or so on the clock. The car is clean as a whistle inside and out, and in the engine compartment, but he hasn't taken it to a mechanic since purchasing it a few months ago.

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'84 300D 267,000 - Running WVO - Rice Bran Oil - Mmmmmm, fishy...
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