Re: 3 Cyl Diesel Ford - No Start - Please Help

Posted by john in la on March 25, 2006 at 07:23:05 from (72.150.31.211):

In Reply to: 3 Cyl Diesel Ford - No Start - Please Help posted by Michael P on March 24, 2006 at 15:25:57:

I think the problem we are having with helping you is the fact that you keep saying the battery goes dead after 3 seconds of cranking.

Is the battery really dead or is it that the engine is binding causing it to stop cranking????

If it is a elect problem you should be able to pull start it. BUT since it still binds when pulling you have some other problem.

I do not feel like it is a cylinder full of fuel/water even though that is the first thing you would look at. The reason is if it was full of a fluid the engine would crank for 3 sec then stop. Next time you tried to crank it would do nothing because the piston would still be up against the fluid.

I would still go through the steps to check this.
Pull the valve cover and take out the injectors.
Try cranking it over. Does it spin. If it stops after 3 sec.........
Remove starter and try to turn the engine over with a large screwdriver wedged in the ring rear. Try turning it backwards. Will it move either way.

Check to see if the valves are opening and closing. A stuck or sticky valve could be hitting the piston stopping it. Then over time the spring pulls it back in place so it will crank a short while again.

Once we rule out the engine we can then start taking off stuff to see what will free it up.

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