Hey all. First off, I'm a new user. This is my first post on the board so, Hello. Nice to meet you. Now that we are all such good friends, I need a favor.

I have a 1981 240D that was given to me by my grandfather a few years ago for my 18th birthday. Before coming into ownership of the vehicle, I knew nothing about cars. Now, after years of working on her with my dad to get her drivable, I know barely less than nothing about cars.

So my current dilemma is this: I was waiting until payday to fill my tank, and when it finally came and I went to start her, the starter fired but the engine didn't turn over. So, after conferring with my dad, we determined that I'd run out of fuel and that it's now dry.

So, upon referring to both my user manual and a few posts in this thread, I went down to the station, got five gallons of diesel, put it in the tank, and started pumping the primer pump. I pumped it around 100 times, and then I went to start it. I turned the key to let the glow plugs heat up and, when they did, pressed on the accelerator and turned the key the rest of the way.

Now, you know how there are a couple different sounds that happen almost, but not quite simultaneously when you go to start an engine? I don't know what any of them are. But I do know that the First sound is the only one I hear when I try to start it now. I have no idea what that means, and I'm worried about trying again. Another thing I noticed: as I was pumping the priming pump, it was bleeding diesel onto my hand from about the third pump on. I also have no clue what that means.

Any help I can get here would be vastly appreciated, as I need to get this thing up and running for school soon.