Not necessarily an altitude thing either.... Once the compression gets
borderline, they start pretty hard even if the glow plugs work.  You notice
it first toward the end of fall / beginning of winter.  Then when the real
cold hits, there you sit unless you brought your long extension cord for the
block heater (BTDT).
Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Gnarlodious
> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 6:06 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Diesel Caveat: Case in point!
>
>
> 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
>