[Vwdiesel] Grumpy starting (was How old is everyone?)

[Joe]

Well, I'm afraid I don't know the full story on my engine... Allegedly had a
rebuild 25,000 miles ago, but all I know for sure is it has a reman injector
pump.  Previous owner did some creative wiring on the glow plugs with a
separate indicator light on the hood directly wired on the GP circuit.
Thermoswitch has been bypassed.  I imagine I won't be driving it much this
winter as my '02 Tacoma is much more comfortable.  

Speaking of winter, at what temp should you start to use the block heater?  

 

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of LBaird119 at aol.com
Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 9:22 PM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Grumpy starting (was How old is everyone?)

In a message dated 12/7/2009 4:27:35 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
joe at haasenpfeffer.com writes:

> I've also found if I let it sit in the driveway for a week or so then go 
> do
> drive it, it's way grumpier than usual.  Huge clouds of blue smoke and I
> have to put a little throttle to it till it warms up.  

  Could be leaking valve stem seals, a bad injector or two or a bad 
glow plug this time of year.
  I spent a while starting 4 diesels today.  My wife saw 3F when 
she got up this morning.  By 11:00 it was up to about 17F.  The 
pu started right up but I'd plugged it in for an hour.  Easier on it and 
warmer on me!
  The Passat had to crank a bit and coughed for a while.  I'm sure 
it needs injectors.  Put a charger on the batt for the night tonight!
  My Jetta, on loan to a friend and his Dad's F250 wouldn't start by 
noon so I jumped and started them.  The Jetta wasn't bad other than 
the Bendix keeps wanting to kick out.  The Ford was loaded up from 
trying to start and sounds to have 1 to 3 bad glow plugs and as long 
as it took to clear out, might have a bad injector as well.  Hopefully it 
sunk in when I showed him the Ford's GP's keep going after the 
light goes out so give it a bunch more time and start it the first time.  
A little after cranking (to keep it turning until it's firing well, is 
still 
easier on the starter than cranking a bunch of different times.
    Loren
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