[Vwdiesel] 1998 tdi no start

[brian gochnauer]

How cold is it out, could be just a gelled up fuel filter

On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Lee Hillsgrove, Sr. <
lee.hillsgrove at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Sounds like the pump is way out of time - or there is insufficient
> compression to light off the fuel.
>
>  When was the timing belt changed last?
>
>  Lee
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> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:26 PM, jonathan hoehl <jjhoehl at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Ok,
> >
> > So, my friend's daughter has a 1998 1.9 stick shift tdi Jetta with
> 220,000 miles on it.  It cranks over, but does not start.  It sounds smooth
> and eventually tries to catch (just the littlest bit), but just doesn't.
>  Lots of white smoke out the back.  Glow plugs don't seem to light.  50
> degrees F outside.  No soot in the coolant.  No tools.  She says the car got
> progressively harder to start in the last few months, until it just didn't
> start one day.  It always seemed to run fine when it did.  So, we pull the
> car with a rope, behind a truck.  Engine turns good, white smoke, but never
> runs.  I figured if the intake was full of oil even, the engine would try to
> run away?  No hint of that.  And, you could only hear the turbo spin when
> the rpm needle was right of vertical (don't remember the numbers).  We towed
> to 40mph and ran-out of room.  Tried a few more times, and no life.  I
> remember the IDI's would start like that in the cold without glow plugs
> even.  Oh, and no check engine light, of course.  So, I admit I'm a bit
> stumped.  I wondered what everyone here thought might be wrong.  I'll go
> back and check compression and timing.  I assume I can jumper the GP relay
> as well.  I don't know what to do about checking the air flow meter or ECM
> though.  If I unplug the electronics, but jumper the glow plugs and fuel
> stop solenoid, would the engine run in a 'limp' mode?  What do you guys
> think?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Jon
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