[Vwdiesel] (no subject)

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

At 08:20 AM 3/4/2007, you wrote:
>Somewhat off topic for VW diesel, but I have a question.
>My father in law has a Chevy Luv with the Isuzu diesel. The truck ran out of
>fuel while idling. It has not cranked since.

..................We need to know what the father-in-law has done to remedy 
the situation. And, I hope somebody else answers who has personal 
experience with a diesel Chevy Luv. That said, please verify some 
details....you are saying that with a good battery, the starter will not 
turn the crank/spin over the engine.....ie, the engine is "frozen" and 
physically locked up.  Or, possibly you mean that the engine DOES CRANK 
with the starter but does not fire and run.  In that case, we have a 
different situation than   "has not cranked.".

I ask for this clarification because I see no obvious connection between

"...will not crank"

and

"...ran out of fuel while idling."

...................but remember, I don't know much about Chevy Luvs. There 
may be an automatic cut-out that turns off the cranking system when it 
senses zero fuel feed. I am not aware of such a system, but have no 
personal experience with GM Luvs and their Izusu engines.

>Can anyone on this forum point me in the right direction what I need to look
>at first to bring this truck back to life?


....................OK, assuming your vehicle still has clean oil in the 
crankcase and a functioning cooling system, and no system that is 
automatically cutting out the starter because the fuel is gone.....   :


....................(1) verify that the vehicle has a fully charged battery 
that spins over the engine with the starter.
....................(2) test the glow plug circuit and verify that each 
glow plug is warming up as designed. If you have no way to electrically 
test them, touch them with your fingers after a few tries, to see if they 
are all warm.
....................(3) gravity feed clean diesel fuel into the injector 
pump....if you can't see how to do that, take it to a mechanic.
....................(4) don't crank for more than 5 seconds at a time, 
because the starter hot wire can melt if you do the 5 second thing often 
enough (don't ask how I know this.)

>Thanks in advance.
>Dennis F.