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Old 09-01-2009, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by probear View Post
I might have missed it but I did not see any mention of how old the battery is.

I have fallen prey to the 'the battery's fine' because over time, the battery gets weaker. Eventually, it might spin it over, but not fast enough to fire. If it always cranks when the battery is fully charged, I might suspect a weak battery.

If you continually drive the same car, you will not notice the gradual slow down of the cranking speed, then suddenly, one day it won't fire.
This just happened to the wagon last month.

I think the best advice is to try running diesel from a jug under the hood. Make sure to prime all the WVO out of the lines first. I think I would crack each injector hard line one by one until diesel came out.

Have you done a compression check recently?
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