Date:         Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:11:42 -0400
Reply-To:     Jim Johnston <inmytree1@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Johnston <inmytree1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: '81.5 Diesel 1.6, Won't start
Comments: To: Neil Crawford <vidublu@gmail.com>
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When was the last time you changed the Fuel Filter...?  Also, is turning
over but not catching...?  It could be a worn glow plug relay.  Other
suspects could be a worn starter or bad stop solenoid...

Jim

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Neil Crawford <vidublu@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi volks,
>
> I've got a battery that's overdue and for a couple weeks now the engine
> has
> had a difficult time starting.  After a few tries, it'd be dead.  Thought
> it
> was just the battery.  I'd boost with me Saab and it'd start right up.
>  Now,
> I don't think so.  Even with a boost she doesn't start.  Have heard a
> single
> injector can prevent starting.  The PO said, and the evidence supports,
> it's
> had the alternator rebuilt.  I think it may need a 'valve job'.
>
> Any ideas where I should begin to troubleshoot?
>
>
> Ahoy.
>
> --
> Neil Crawford
> '82 Diesel Westy
> Me other car is Swedish
>



--
Jim
Wilmington, NC