Dear all diesel know hows ... i have a 1.6 Turbo Diesel OEM 1989 Vanagon in the morning or after a 2-3 hours sitting ... it is very slow to catch when starting ... Procedure ... I turn the key on to warm glow plugs no less than 6 times ... Pull handle on dash (which reminds me of a decompression valve) put stick in neutral turn key to engage starter the engine winds ... (sometimes because of carburetter trained foot i press fuel ) (but not very often) (doesnt help any way) engine winds for 30 seconds sometimes a minute then almost catches ... then another 30 seconds winding and away she goes and cloud of very white smoke is the expulsions ... when it is warm .. the engine goes zoom zoom after first glow plug warm up ... winds over less than a turn or two ... indeed almost instant start... no smoke on those starts ... i have same results regardless of last time i changed oil ... in the summer this is hardly an issue at all so long as temp outside doesnt go below 20 degrees c at night suggestions>>>??? yours -- roger w There are two kinds of jobs in the world: Picking up garbage and telling people things. Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw) ----------------------------------------------------------- View the growing list of video work at: http://one.revver.com/watch/376349 http://one.revver.com/watch/357909/qt/affiliate/10 http://one.revver.com/watch/345572/qt http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7135104650374818257 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3259745150182742364 |
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