it went okay back then but has been sitting now it won,t start
2006-10-13 14:36:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Does it have a standard transmission? It will probably "tow start" easier, as the engine has to "windmill" for a little bit to get everything all cleared out! But if you do tow, -get a waterpipe about 6-8 feet long, and put a chain through it,- bolting chain around something on the frame, tight as possible... Do the same thing on the tow vehicle. This will eliminate any problem of one hitting the other if you slack up, (and keeping it from becoming a "jerking contest", because the chain won't "slack up") when you let your foot off the gas (towing)! A two inch (iron) pipe will workpretty good, unless you have one end without a "hook" on it so it will go through pipe, (I use a 1 1/2" pipe with a trailer hitch hookup on one end, and a hole drilled in the other using a bolt and a short piece of chain.) I have towed lots of cars, (maybe a hundred or more) using this, with no problems (as long as you don't make panic stops, - one end or the other is going to go sideways) - try to set up so the pipe is about streight inline betweenteh two, then it won't want to go "sideways" when you stop too fast! Also I have towed anything that would roll, brakes, - or no brakes, -- big, and small, - even a 2 1/2 ton flatbed bed truck one time, (and I had a Mazda B2200 diesel)!
The reason it might not want to start, is because the glow plugs may be full of trash, and they aren't heating properly (or maybe not working at all in the first place). If it is just trash, the engine will clear all this out in a few minutes once it is running. It it still doesn't want to start after that (with starter), you want to check and make sure all the glowplugs are good, and they are getting the power to work. Clue, if it starts with glowplugs,but misses for a minute, you have a non operatting glow plug (or more than one depending on how bad the engine misses!) You aren't lucky enough to have a "block heater" on this engine are you ? Heating the engine up with that generally makes engine start ---even with bad glowplugs!
2006-10-13 15:48:56 · answer #1 · answered by guess78624 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the motor is turning over, the battery is fine. A diesel has injectors, perhaps the injector fuel pump is not functioning properly. Check to see if fuel is being pumped to the injectors. If there is lots of fuel pressure, you can always take out one injector and see if it is opening (spraying).
If it is spraying-- the engine SHOULD start, unless there is a decompression mechanism which may be stuck open after 18months.
2006-10-13 21:43:02 · answer #2 · answered by fiddlesticks9 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what has happened is from setting so long it has lost its compression. you need to take the glow plugs out and squirt some oil into each cylinder. this will build back up the compression after turning the engine over for a few times.
2006-10-17 18:56:42 · answer #3 · answered by duc602 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the glow plug relay or the the metal flag ( it is located on the fire wall, it must be completely intact if broken it cuts the starter circuit and it will not start.)
2006-10-14 00:03:04 · answer #4 · answered by ebay junkie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did you put in a fresh battery?
those diesel motors have a lot higher compression too so they have big starters take a lot more juice.
2006-10-13 21:39:19 · answer #5 · answered by Jan G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the fuel is full of algae. BIG problem if it is.
2006-10-13 22:03:40 · answer #6 · answered by Trump 2020 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋