[Vwdiesel] '84 Quantum TD no start :(

[The President]

Andrew if your failure has been sudden; and now you find you have no fuel... 
  Either you have an empty tank (I don't believe it ;oD )... or something in 
the tank has floated across the suction pipe. Disconnect the fuel line where 
it enters the filter (from the tank) and get something to suck on it... I 
use a 60cc plastic syringe from the daily discards of hospitals. (saline 
sol'n use) if nothing comes up then use it to blow.
Mark


>From: Andrew Buc <AndrewBuc at staxman.net>
>To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com, Audi-VW-Diesels at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] '84 Quantum TD no start :(
>Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:29:11 -0800
>
>Here's where things stand now:
>
>No visible/smellable diesel on or around the IP. Fusible link looks
>OK, and while I was in there I brushed everything w/contact cleaner.
>
>I got in touch w/the guy I bought the car from, and he was kind
>enough to make some suggestions, including this one:
>
>"Fuel delivery (can you see fuel and maybe a few little air bubbles
>moving through the big clear fuel line when the engine is being
>cranked?).
>
>"Plugged fuel filter (usually lots of big air bubbles and maybe no
>fuel in the clear line).  Usually a plugged filter manifests as
>gradual loss of power over several miles."
>
>Well, I got a helper to crank it over while I watched, and I have the
>"no fuel in the clear line" symptom in spades, although I hadn't
>gotten the gradual loss of power when the car was running. I replaced
>the fuel filter, and still no fuel in the clear line.
>
>Air filter looks good--not brand new, but not obviously filthy.
>
>At this time, the question of whether the glow plugs are heating is
>still unaddressed. The reversible ratchet wrench was so handy when I
>was working on the wiper linkage a few weeks ago that I'd like to
>have one the right size (8mm, IIRC) to unhook the bus bar from the
>glow plugs, assuming that I go that route. Or I may want to get an
>infrared thermometer, and this looks like a decent one:
>
>http://urlzip.org/bApbrF
>
>In any event, I wouldn't be able to get the ratchet wrench or IR
>thermometer until later in the week, which pushes back checking the
>GP's to the weekend of Jan. 6-7.
>
>I was thinking of ordering a GPR and ratchet wrench (or IR
>thermometer) on the theory that if nothing else, I've had them for
>future use. But at this point I'm inclined to hold off buying
>anything to pursue the glow plug angle until I've resolved the no-
>fuel angle.
>
>Suggested next step(s)? Happy New Year!
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