[Vwdiesel] Trying to get the old diesel to start

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

  I pulled the stop solenoid out of the pickup the other week and 
there was no attachment.  It works fine and has for years.  I had 
to pick the plunger out of the hole even.  
  Part of the problem is you filled the pump with fuel additive rather 
than fuel.  The car's not supposed to run on straight additive so 
it's unlikley it'll start and run well until you get that stuff run through 
especially if you filled the filter with it as well. 
  Your lift pump probably isn't pumping.  Vanes are likely gummed if 
the pump's been sitting very long.  You very well may be able to 
fill the pump with FUEL and with some cranking get it fired up and 
running.  Aim for half throttle and keep cranking the starter a little 
longer when it does start firing.  Often an extra couple seconds of 
starter power will get you over the hump of almost starting, to 
starting.  :-)
  Hopefully once you get some speed into things, the vanes will start 
pumping fuel and it'll all self prime and be happy.  If it starts dying, 
shut if off, refill the pump and go again before you empty things out 
and have to crank a prime back into things.  You could also do the 
hose in a can above the pump trick to get a gravity feed going.  Put 
the return line into the can as well and it won't go empty so fast.
    Loren


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