I used to have a Yanmar 3 cylinder. According to it's FSM, It started without GP's in the summer. In the winter you had to run the GP's and use the compression release at initial cranking of the engine. It started in the summer months pretty easily. Winter was another story.

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70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

99 W210 E300 Turbo Diesel, chipped, DPF/Converter Delete. Still needs EGR Delete, 232K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

Gone and still missed...1982 w123 300D, 1991 w124 300D