"gazz" wrote in message
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"Mike Harrison" wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:59:09 -0000, "gazz" wrote:

Can't see any sign of a bowden cable to the pump other then the
throttle
(also links to the air
intake).

cold start could be actuated directly on that age trannie then, the
wax stat
will be a largish lump of metal on the pump, there will be a small
length of
cable that goes to the cold start lever *which advances the pump to
allow
the fuel to be injected sooner to give more time to 'catch'... which
is why
most diesels are noiseir on the first start of the day, tho trannies
usually
have such badly set injection timing they knock like hell anyway.


BTW does anyone know how these things work without glowplugs?

Direct injection, no need for glow plugs, and no pre-combustion
chambers to
put them anyway.
you can get a thermostarter on some larger TDI engiens, my iveco has
one, a
combined glowplug and injector, squirts hot diesel in the inlet
manifold in
sub zero temps to assist starting... works quite well too but only
had it
come on when i was camping on the top of the swiss alps in october,

rest of the time the cold start advance does the job fine.

There are some things near each injector linked by a pipe that
tees off a
pipe that goes to the fuel
filter.

leak off pipes, excess fuel from the injectors go up those pipes and
back to
the fuel tank,

There is also an electrical connection to the bottom of the fuel
filter

Most likely for the water in the fuel warning light, would be 2 or 3
wires,
and if the filter is a canister type it screws into the bottom of
the filter
where the water train tap goes,

To be honnest, to get this engine started get a can of easy start
(or 'start
ya *******' if your in australia
crank the engine over and squirt some up the air intake nozzle, once
she
fires on the easy start stop spraying, if engine dies spray a bit
more
unitll she is running of diesel, that's assuming it is something
like air in
the fuel line,


Be wary of Easystart - the land on the piston above the top ring can
be broken by the excess pressure, which leads to 'Easystart
addiction'. The now reduced compression means engine will only start
with Easystart. It's ok in VERY small quantities.

AWEM