>In a message dated 11/4/01 4:26:48 PM, Gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET writes:
>
><< 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.

Actually a really badly-worn diesel with good glows WILL become
difficult to start from cold, as we found out with our Corona taxi.
NOT altitude either... rings were gone, no compression, power down...
had to cycle the glows repeatedly to get it REALLY hot, combined with
LOTS of cranking... eventually it wouls start to fire but not well
enough to run. further cycling/cranking and it would eventually,
every time, fire up... blowing out a HUGE cloud of black soot before
settling to run normally. You need a big high-density battery for
this.

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Andrew Grebneff
165 EvansSt, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Ph: 0064 (3) 473-8863 fax: 0064 (3) 479-7527
1986 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE80 diesel sedan
1989 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE96 diesel van
1989 Toyota Corona 2.0D Select CT170 diesel sedan
1992 Toyota Estima Lucida 2.2 turbodiesel MPV (=narrow "Previa")
1984 VW Caravelle GL (to be fitted with 260hp Subaru SVX flat-6 &
Porsche G50 trans)
Seashell, Macintosh, VW & Toyota van nut