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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: smoketrail on January 13, 2008, 06:54:40 pm

Title: no start cold
Post by: smoketrail on January 13, 2008, 06:54:40 pm

Wont start colc,read on the forum that full synthetic helps starting on a 275,000 mi eng, changed it today, find out in the morn , any coments?

Title: no start cold
Post by: burn_your_money on January 13, 2008, 07:49:43 pm

How are your glow plugs?

Title: no start cold
Post by: smoketrail on January 14, 2008, 06:48:33 am

repl glow plugs first they were good  changed the oil ,went to royal purple 10-40, startedgood @28*

Title: no start cold
Post by: smoketrail on January 22, 2008, 02:00:53 pm

after  trying another start, following a 20 sec run later it would not start again,time to change the motor out

Title: no start cold
Post by: jtanguay on January 22, 2008, 02:07:39 pm

Quote from: "smoketrail"

after  trying another start, following a 20 sec run later it would not start again,time to change the motor out

you give up too easily

Title: no start cold
Post by: Diesel Fumes on January 22, 2008, 09:32:52 pm

Quote from: "smoketrail"

after  trying another start, following a 20 sec run later it would not start again,time to change the motor out

haha.  Don't do that just yet.  These engines will run like garbage and act up like yours is doing for another 10 years.  Come on now  :lol:

Title: no start cold
Post by: smoketrail on January 23, 2008, 06:34:10 am

already done the deed , its my econo daily driver ,cant mess around ,gonna keep it though ,may put it on a motorcycle frame

Title: no start cold
Post by: MaxHedrm on January 23, 2008, 07:03:50 am

Uhh ... between 4pm & 8am you changed the engine?   :roll:

Title: no start cold
Post by: jtanguay on January 23, 2008, 07:07:36 am

i guess if you have a better running motor why not???  :lol:

Title: no start cold
Post by: smoketrail on January 25, 2008, 08:42:00 pm

timing of the postingwas off, the newer eng has 1/3 the miles and runs lots betterand was fairly easy thx ,Tim

Title: no start cold
Post by: burn_your_money on January 27, 2008, 07:12:30 pm

glad you got it fixed.. err replaced 8)

Title: no start cold
Post by: subsonic on January 27, 2008, 07:31:01 pm

Quote from: "MaxHedrm"

Uhh ... between 4pm & 8am you changed the engine?   :roll:

That's straight up NASCAR style!!!  

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