Well I figured it out. I haven't had much time to put into the car, hence my time away from the forum. Thanks to you all for your great input.
After pulling the fuel and air systems apart looking for culprits, I finally took a look at the glow plug system (outside of a quick initial look). I was sure that wasn't it, but was wrong. In the end it was the in-line fuse (metal strip on the engine side of the fire wall). I feel a bit sheepish for not going through the glow system more thoroughly at first, but lesson learned I guess. The advantage to this is that I learned some new stuff, right? To be fair to myself, there was a blockage in my fuel line when this all first happened, so that had me fixated on fuel, which was definitely part of the original problem.
NoSurrender, I did crank the hell out of it a number of times, but luckily with no (immediately apparent) repercussions. With a new '05 TDI and not a lot of free time i'll be selling the '91, so I'm glad to have her running again. Thanks again to everyone for your help.
Jason
So you're selling it and getting a TDI? I'd like to have one of those myself but too much expensive electronics on it for me. I'd have a nervous breakdown the first time one of those things doesn't start after seeing the prices of some of their parts. But at least you're staying diesel
Topic: No start. Fuel or timing? (Read 6146 times)
