"You probably have old style loop glow plugs. Do you know the difference between loop style plugs and pencil style plugs? If so, tell us which ones you have. If you don't know, do you have heavy squiggly wires going between the glow plugs?

From your description I assume you mean that the engine is turning over but is not firing. Is that correct?[/QUOTE]"

Yes, you are correct. My feelings were related to the GLOW PLUGS as well, but I wondered how seriously they could be effecting the car. I live in San Diego and its my understanding that in a diesel engine, the ONLY thing the spark plug is generally used for is getting the cylinder warm enough for the compressed air to ignite the fuel. IF the glow plugs are the issue, and they are used for more than "warming" and are actually important for igniting the fuel, I'll make sure to fully investigate the glow plugs ASAP.

My thoughts are that this is NOT glow plug related and I'm FAR from a mechanic. My reasons are I'm in a warm climate. PLUS, if I let the car run for about 3 minutes, turn it off, wait about 10 minutes (engine is still warm) the car turns right over. The fact that "thinning" the air with a combustible air product leads to it turning over seems more like I'm having fuel or air mix issues and NOT glow plugs.

I'll check the plugs. There are a few good posts that describe how to do that. I just fail to see how, in this case, the plugs are the answer.