Re: [ihc] Super Excited Diesel Owner!

[Steven Stegmann <steve.stegmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael,

Dead glow plugs will sure mess up starting.  Just ask
anyone with a Power Stroke.

Steve


--- "Joseph Shaw, II" <josephshaw@domain.elided>
wrote:
> Well, as most of you know from my repeated postings,
> I have been trying to get
> my diesel running on and off for about six months
> now (got it in November and
> have been slowly at it since).  Well, today I got it
> fired up for the first
> time, and it didn't smoke much at all, and sounded
> DARN good for a diesel!!!
> 
> The last two things I did seemed to do the trick,
> and tell me what it needs to
> truly start on its own.  I had taken apart the fuel
> filter and filled the
> receptacle with fresh, but had NOT thought about the
> fact that the rest of the
> fuel in the tank was old, and possibly full of
> diesel algae.
> 
> Today I took my little one gallon "jerry can" and
> filled it with diesel, fed
> the line directly from it to the fuel pump/injection
> pump, and then I also let
> it sit with the block warmer on for about two hours,
> sicne I wasn't completely
> sure of the glow plug status.
> 
> Well, after turning it over for about four or five
> seconds, it started TRYING
> to start better than it had yet.  I let off the
> starter for a few seconds,
> just to give it a break, then went at it again. 
> After about ten seconds it
> fired up, and sounded GREAT!  It also did not smoke
> much at all!!!  Not nearly
> what I expected any IH/Nissan diesel to, and WAY
> less than I had been warned
> it likely would since it has been sitting for some
> time.  The tube in the
> engine bay that carries out extra smoke/exaust
> gases, or whatever it does
> (someone told me to watch this for smoke when trying
> to determine condition of
> the engine) blew a fair amount of smoke while I was
> turning it over, but once
> it started,  there was no visible smoke coming from
> there.  It made no unusual
> noises and didn't shake too much or anything.  I
> think I was told it was
> supposed to have been a low-mileage engine (100K or
> so), but had no actual
> proof of this or anything.  After hearing it run and
> seeing how little excess
> exhaust gases it spit out, I would think this was at
> least possible.
> 
> So-now I will troubleshoot the glow plugs, clean up
> the gas situation, and
> then I can start work on the brakes, which were the
> problem to start with,
> which was why it was parked in the first place!
> 
> The timing could NOT be better either-just took a
> job about 70 miles from
> home, and have been driving a couple of Chevy V8
> vehicles over there about
> four days a week-it is expensive!!!  I was looking
> at small import things, but
> don't want one, and if I can get this running, can
> sell of my other goodies
> and use this-will be moving closer to the job soon
> anyway, so not too worried
> about it!
> 
> Thanks to all here for all of your help and
> suggestions-will be back to
> picking brains on brake issues soon!!!
> 
> Michael