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Old 02-04-2008, 03:08 PM
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Reviving a 300D?

I have a friend who is getting 2 cars for free one is a 1980 264 Volvo Diesel and the other is a 1979 300D! The story is that they drove just fie to their destination, owner bought 2 new cars and these have sat! I was told they have been there for 5 years. So thursday we are going out to retrieve them. The tanks were drained saturday and we were gonna do a quick oil change on them, fill the tanks prime the injector pump and see what happens.

Is there anything I should/shouldn't do? Any tips would be great!

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Old 02-04-2008, 03:12 PM
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See if it will run from a fuel jug first.
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Old 02-04-2008, 03:12 PM
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I would pull the glow plugs and squirt some oil in to each cylinder and then crank it with the glow plugs out before I tried starting it.
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Old 02-04-2008, 03:15 PM
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I would pull the glow plugs and squirt some oil in to each cylinder and then crank it with the glow plugs out before I tried starting it.
Yeah, that too. Also see if the engine will spin by using the crank bolt.
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Old 02-04-2008, 04:33 PM
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The current owner cranked the engine over and tried starting it just on ether, It just about ran, but i don't think he let the glow plugs warm up! This is scary..but I will make it happen!

Where should I tie into the diesel line at for the jug?

Thanks for the help
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Old 02-04-2008, 04:41 PM
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You hook up at the lift pump. Put supply and the return lines in a full jug/jar of diesel. Some people use a clean and dry 2 liter bottle for this. You do not want the GP's heating up if using ether.
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Old 02-04-2008, 04:57 PM
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DO NOT USE ETHER ON A DIESEL.

Maybe wd40 but not ETHER.
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Old 02-05-2008, 07:20 PM
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DO NOT USE ETHER ON A DIESEL.

Maybe wd40 but not ETHER.

Yeah that bothered me also!
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Old 02-06-2008, 01:58 AM
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You hook up at the lift pump. Put supply and the return lines in a full jug/jar of diesel. Some people use a clean and dry 2 liter bottle for this. You do not want the GP's heating up if using ether.
At the risk of sounding stupid.. Do you have a pic?
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Old 02-06-2008, 02:19 AM
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At the risk of sounding stupid.. Do you have a pic?
Try Diesel Giant's web site here, the DIY on doing a diesel purge has a picture of running an engine from Diesel Purge in a bottle. You can do the same thing with plain diesel fuel.
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Old 02-06-2008, 02:39 AM
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Thanks!
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Old 02-06-2008, 03:17 AM
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I would pull the glow plugs and squirt some oil in to each cylinder and then crank it with the glow plugs out before I tried starting it.

Just make sure you put in a little squirt, if you dump a crap load of oil into the cylinder youll hydrolock and ruin the engine
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Old 02-06-2008, 03:22 PM
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Just make sure you put in a little squirt, if you dump a crap load of oil into the cylinder youll hydrolock and ruin the engine
That's why I said to crank it with the plugs out after you add the squirt of oil. Any excess oil will blow out, and it is easier on the engine and starter.
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DO NOT USE ETHER ON A DIESEL.

Maybe wd40 but not ETHER.
ForcedInduction said 1 second of Ether is okay into the air intake right at the beginning of cranking, provided GPs are disconnected....but, tons of people have warned against it too...
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Old 02-06-2008, 07:51 PM
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Ether is okay.

Excessive ether is not okay.

Excessive ether is not defined as "any ether at all."

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=85676&page=3

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