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Originally Posted by MonsieurBon
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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with the additional info it sounds like one of four things is happening....
#1 the battery is not holding sufficient charge...(are you sure its the right battery for the car?)
#2 the alternator is not sufficiently charging the battery....
#3 you have a weak starter thats not up to the cold weather load..
#4 you have corroded connections somewhere between battery and starter.
you should get far , far more the 5-10 seconds cranking before it gives up....even in -20 F weather.
However if I missread that and it will crank far more you likely have multiple glowplugs burned out...