Thread: Problem Starting

Found some new glow plugs in Melbourne(Thanks Jim @ Crystalbling) fitted them and had the injectors checked out. No.4 was a bit ordinary so Gold Coast diesel centre refurbished it(ta John) refitted the injectors, double checked everything and tried to fire it up. It ran like an old goat last week,no acceleration at all and was labouring to idle with a great deal of cold unburnt diesel in the exhaust, which is why I had the injectors checked, but do you think I could get it to fire today? not a chance! its like its trying to run on 2 cylinders and will not fire properly at all. I have diesel everywhere I'm supposed to have it but she wont run, I'm wondering if the injector pump needs looking at but it was running ok before I removed the motor and I marked the position of the injector pump in relation to the timing marker on the block before i removed the pump and re installed it in the same position. I havent touched the timing belt at all and this one has got me a bit baffled. Can anyone suggest some idea's please.

Thanks Ian

Just a thought, the diesel has been in the tank for a year or so since I bought the truck. The inlet pipe has been capped off though?

You don't mention bleeding the system, a diesel system has to be bleed at the injectors to get all the air out before it will start and run properly. Its not a big job to bleed a diesel system I would have started by draining all the old stuff out of the tank and system and replaced all the filters as the old fuel would most likely be no good by now.

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