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Subject:Re: Diesel Caveat: Case in point!
From:Gnarlodious
Date:Sun, 4 Nov 2001 17:05:40 -0700

Entity Steve Lashley spoke thus:

> << and a month later when it
> is cold the thing won't start, that is when you learn it needs a new engine
>
> No, that's when it needs new glow plugs.
Maybe you are living at sea level but at this altitude (7200 ft, 2200
meters) the main symptom of no cold starts is lack of compression.
Many times people have asked me why they bought their diesel  (any diesel)
in Houston or Seattle and it won't run in Santa Fe. They did not account for
the thin air.

Rachel http://www.gnarlodious.com