Re: [ihc] Diesel Injector Question

[bearbvd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Greg Hermann)]

At 9:50 PM 5/16/04, Ryan Moore wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Greg Hermann" <bearbvd@domain.elided>
>To: "Joseph Shaw, II" <josephshaw@domain.elided>; <ihc@domain.elided>;
><oldihc@domain.elided>
>Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 21:08
>Subject: Re: [ihc] Diesel Injector Question
>
>
>> At 8:01 PM 5/16/04, Joseph Shaw, II wrote:

I did say 'a little bit' !! What ether does, if used less than carefully,
is blow pieces off of the top ring land !!

And--this applies to about any engine.

Greg

>>
>> I can't tell from what you wrote whether you got any air into the HP
>> injector lines from the pump to the injectors in the head. If there is
>any,
>> that is your problem. These lines need to be bled--with air in them, the
>> pump simply compresses the air in there, and no fuel comes out of the
>> injectors.
>>
>> Essentially, you need to crack the fittings at the injectors in the head
>> slightly loose, and crank the engine with them loose, then tighten them.
>If
>> you have compression, it should then start.
>>
>> Have you tried to see whether the engine will fire if you feed it a bit of
>> ether ??
>>
>> Greg
>>
>
>DON'T PUT ETHER IN THAT MOTOR!
>
>sorry greg, but this is REALLY important.  You do NOT want to put ether in
>that motor, it'd an IDI motor with glow plugs, you are asking to cause
>damage to the motor if you put ether in it.   The esteemed Mr. Donnelly will
>hopefully chime in here on this, but I'm not counting on him seeing this
>quickly enough, and I can't quote the BB about it, where I initially
>remember seeing it.  I do remember, it is *very* important to not put ether
>in the SD-33 if you want to actually run the engine.
>
>-Ryan