Postby droppa » March 4th, 2013, 10:03 am
diesel starts with 3 main factors, heat, compression and fuel....
easiest one since it was last a driving vehicle is fuel.....
pull out the hose from the primer to the inj pump and pump the primer until the fuel flows solid and consistent on every stroke....reconnect line....
crack the injector lines, and pump primer again, until diesel can be seen leaking from them....
once they leaking a bit, tumble her over a few times.....re-tighten lines....
try heat and start.......should start with a bit of rough idle and white smoke that should clear up momentarily.....
still not starting???
well you know fuel is in order, you can see if the glow plugs are good,
first check to see if the line is getting current, connect a 12V tester to the heater lead and turn on the ignition, you should see current present for the same time as the glow lamp on the inst panel, then....to ensure the GP themselves are good or bad......
disconnect the heater lead, and heater wire to all the glow plugs....
using a 12V current, arc each GP, if its functional a small arc will be present, if u get no arc that GP is faulty......replace faulty GP and try to start again....
glow plugs can sometime "blow" just so, i changed 6 GPs before carnival, and yestermorning i get a lil hard start, mid morning it eh wah start at all, wen i actually check the gps, all 6 faulty...
dont buy JKT brand at all, is sheit......
any how if yuh do those things and still not starting it may be a more serious electronic problem or compression.......
you can try some starting fluid and see if it helps, or if you have aniother strong vehicle, can give the van a good long pull start, that should help get it back in order.........
- injector dribble 
