[Vwdiesel] Car won't Start

[Erik Lane]

Sell it to one of us for cheap, that will fix your problem!!! :)

Seriously, do you get any smoke when it's cranking? You should get at least
some puffs of white/gray smoke that would mean that the cylinders are
getting fuel. If you don't see that then you probably still haven't either
resolved the fuel problem or gotten all the air out since you replaced the
filter. Did you fill the filter with fuel when you replaced it, or just put
it on dry? If dry then it might take a bit to work that air out of the
system. You can crack the unions of the injector lines at the injectors to
speed up the process of getting rid of air, or just to verify that it has
fuel there. VW diesels don't seem to need that like some diesels, though. I
don't know why the difference.

Erik

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 4:24 PM, Stephen Kraus <ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm trying to sell my 1989 VW Jetta 1.6 NA
>
> The thing ran out of oil due to a leaking front oil seal and I refilled
> it,
> then the fuel filter clogged and I replaced it, now it won't start
> It DOES however 'pop' when I try to start it, makes a jerk and sounds like
> its catching, but then doesn't
>
> Please help, I really need this car to be running so I can sell it :(
>
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