[Vwdiesel] finished, no start

[Kris]

On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 10:52:00PM -0400, LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 8/28/2002 6:17:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> krisa at subtend.net writes:
>
> > Cranked and cranked until the battery died.  I guess now comes the hard
> >  part.  Getting it to start (and troubleshooting the problem).
>
>   Fill the injector pump with fuel.  :)  Pull the return line banjo bolt and
> fill it
> to the top and replace.  It takes a long time to prime the lines if they're
> empty and even longer if the pump is empty.

Yeah, I think most of the cranking went to this.  I have verified fuel
at the injectors, as I pulled the leaking one out and re-torqued it.

>   That ain't no adjusting screw.  It's the plug for the timing port.  If it's
> leaking it won't start.  That's the high pressure end of the pump and
> you won't get fuel into the injectors if you're loosing it out that plug.
> Did you loose the copper washer that goes on the bolt?  If so then
> get a new one and snug it up.

Wrong term. :)  Yeah, I know this is just a port for hooking in a dial
indicator.  It doesn't have a washer at all, this might be my issue.

> Timing wouldn't hurt.  Just be sure to use the right specs and have the
> cold start advance lever seated firmly, at the pump not just inside the
> car.  The cable could be bent or out of adjustment.
>      Loren

I'm going to start a separate thread on this in a sec.

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