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Originally Posted by Admiral Ahani
As far as diagnostics, is there a way I can zero in on what the problem is?
If I shoot in starting fluid while someone else cranks the starter, and it starts, that means the problem is fuel delivery to the cylinders, right?
And if it doesn't start with starting fluid, it most likely is the glow system (assuming the compression and timing are still the same as when I parked it)?
Why wouldn't they be? I have the bottle of fresh diesel fuel as my only fuel source now. Is that not enough?
So should I use diesel purge instead of diesel fuel? Where do I buy it?
Just want to thank everyone for the help so far.
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It takes a lot of cranking to purge the fuel delivery system. Even if the engine is running at idle it takes a while for all the fuel in the lift pump, injection pump fuel lines and injectors to be evacuated. He's trying to suggest that there still may be bad fuel in the system because the old fuel hasn't been pushed through yet.
It probably takes five minutes of the engine running at idle for all the fuel to pass from the primary filter to the cylinders so imagine how long the starter takes to do that job.
The quicker way to get this done is to bleed all the hard lines at the injectors. If you've hooked up a fresh supply of fuel and have a hot battery it shouldn't take long.
If fuel deliver is an issue then starter fluid will make the engine start but it won't make it run. If your engine starts then runs after using starter fluid then the glow system may be a problem.